Notes from the COVID Front Lines

Abstract/Description

Hospital capacity management continues to be a struggle for many healthcare organizations. Staffing shortages and burnout, new COVID variants that impact patient acuity, and elective surgery protocols are only a few of the issues hospitals are facing. Through ongoing conversations with iQueue for Operating Rooms and iQueue for Inpatient Beds customers across the country, LeanTaaS gained valuable insights into how health systems are meeting these challenges and how their approach has evolved in the past 12-18 months.

Download this report to read how these organizations are managing volatile COVID and capacity surges and how they are preparing for future challenges.

Learning Objectives

• Recognize the importance of surgical case prioritization and what to consider when selecting a model
• Transition from tactical solutions developed to increase inpatient capacity during COVID surges to strategic solutions that can match capacity supply with demand post-pandemic
• Describe the key steps healthcare organizations are taking to navigate staffing challenges