• LeanTaaS named a ‘Flagship Vendor’ for Operational Excellence in Chilmark Research Market Trends Report on Augmented Intelligence for Healthcare Operations

    Report cites LeanTaaS as the leader in both market execution and product capabilities among all rated vendors

    SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Dec. 21, 2021 — LeanTaaS, Inc., a Silicon Valley software innovator that increases patient access and transforms operational performance for healthcare providers, today announced it has been named as a Flagship Vendor for Operational Excellence / Asset Optimization in the latest report from Chilmark Research, Augmented Intelligence for Healthcare Operations. This new 2021 report highlights 10 enterprise AI4Ops solutions, which include all activities linked to healthcare operations (hospital operations, discharge planning, revenue cycle management, and supply chains). This emerging category of the industry is experiencing explosive growth, with a CAGR of 40% forecast over the next 5 years as mature solutions like those from LeanTaaS effectively demonstrate the significant ROI of their client implementations.

    LeanTaaS is featured in the Hospital Operations & Asset Optimization category of the report, where Chilmark highlights the company’s strengths, including LeanTaaS’s competitive edge over tools created by EHR vendors and impressive use cases at the majority of the top 20 health systems in the U.S. LeanTaaS received the highest marks in the report, ranking as the leader in both market execution and product capabilities among all rated vendors.

    Select highlights from the report can be found in this excerpt and include:

    • One of the top market differentiators for LeanTaaS is its significant demonstrable ROI at 120+ health systems across 40+ states.
    • Another key differentiator for LeanTaaS is its ability to match variable supply and variable demand for assets in a manner that EHRs cannot accomplish;
    • LeanTaaS’s iQueue suite of solutions have both a market-leading pricing model and implementation strategy;
    • LeanTaaS’s clients, on average, recoup investment in 3-6 months post-implementation.
    • The iQueue suite of solutions is deployed remotely and relatively easy to implement without the need for significant hospital IT resources nor vendor consulting staff and fees; and
    • The platform is highly scalable and offers impressive ROI in a short time duration. LeanTaaS offers a money back guarantee, evidence of a mature pricing model. It has been an invaluable tool during the COVID-19 crisis with managing beds, surgical backlogs, and staffing optimization.

    When asked about the findings of the research, author and lead analyst Jody Ranck had this to say about the current market trends, “While there has been a great deal of focus on virtual care and the pandemic, a lesser-known story is the significant role of AI for operations platforms in helping hospitals and providers meet the financial, scheduling, and supply chain challenges wrought by COVID-19. The solutions available today are surprisingly more mature than many other application areas for AI and machine learning.”

    LeanTaaS’s AI and ML based solutions have now been deployed in more than 475 hospitals across the U.S., including 40% of the top 25 health systems in the country, based on net patient revenue. These hospitals use LeanTaaS’s iQueue platform to optimize capacity utilization in infusion centers, operating rooms, and inpatient beds. iQueue for Infusion Centers is used by 9,900+ chairs across 485+ infusion sites including 80% of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). iQueue for Operating Rooms is used by more than 2,400 ORs across 43 health systems to perform more surgical cases during business hours, increase competitiveness in the marketplace, and improve the patient experience. LeanTaaS’s newest product, iQueue for Inpatient Beds, is now live at 15 hospitals across 3 major academic healthcare systems (totaling 4,002 inpatient beds) to help address inpatient capacity bottlenecks and increase confidence in managing unplanned variability.

    “We’ve experienced an impressive +40% growth during the pandemic period thanks to our mission of improving patient access and operational performance by optimizing costly, constrained healthcare resources, which has been a top priority for hospital and health system executives in today’s challenging healthcare environment,” said Mohan Giridharadas, LeanTaaS founder and CEO. “This report represents the breadth of LeanTaaS’s capabilities, features, and incredible partners we’ve worked closely with throughout the past decade and, more recently, the past two years.”

    The report comes on the heels of recent momentum including a second successful Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit and two major award wins with CB Insights and BIG Award for Business. Additionally, LeanTaaS recently announced details about its significant growth during the pandemic period, demonstrating heightened need to provide tools that reduce costs and transform the healthcare experience for providers and patients alike.

    The Augmented Intelligence for Healthcare Operations report is available to subscribers of the Chilmark Advisory Service or may be purchased separately. For more information, visit the sales page or send direct inquiries to John Moore III.

     

    About Chilmark

    Founded in 2007, Chilmark Research is a global research and advisory firm that is solely focused on the market for healthcare IT solutions. Everything we do is based on our core belief that healthcare information technology (HIT) plays a crucial role in improving the quality and efficiency of care. We foster the effective adoption, deployment, and use of HIT by providing objective, high-quality research into technologies with the greatest potential to improve care. This laser-sharp focus allows us to provide our clients with the most in-depth and accurate research on the critical technology and adoption trends occurring throughout the healthcare sector.

     

    About LeanTaaS

    LeanTaaS provides software solutions that combine lean principles, predictive, prescriptive analytics, and machine learning to transform hospital and infusion center operations. The company’s software is being used by over 120 health systems across the nation, which all rely on the iQueue cloud-based solutions to increase patient access, decrease wait times, reduce healthcare delivery costs, and improve revenue. LeanTaaS is based in Santa Clara, California, and Charlotte, North Carolina. For more information about LeanTaaS, please visit https://leantaas.com/, and connect on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

    LeanTaaS and iQueue are trademarks of LeanTaaS. All other brand names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

     

    LeanTaaS Media Contact

    Kate Soden
    [email protected]

    Posted 12.21.2021

  • Pivot Point Consulting Named Association for Business Resources (NABR) 2021 Best and Brightest Regional Competition Winner

    NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Pivot Point Consulting, 2020 Best in KLAS Overall IT Services Firm and a healthcare IT consulting leader, is proud to announce it has been honored for the 8th consecutive year as winner in The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation® program, as well as the new 2021 regional program. The honor comes recently after the firm was recently ranked #6 in Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare.

    This year, the Best and Brightest program honored 79 winning organizations across the nation from 710 nominations. The 2021 new regional program welcomed Charlotte, Denver, Miami, Nashville, New York, and the Pacific Northwest to the Best and Brightest Program. The winning companies were assessed by an independent research firm, which reviewed a number of key measures relative to other nationally recognized winners. The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® winners are not ranked.

    “This recognition is a testament to the amazing Pivot Point Consulting team, during an especially challenging year for our industry,” said Rachel Marano, Co-Founder and Managing Partner. “We have focused not only on consistently delivering excellent quality to our clients, but also on being a great employer with a culture dedicated to supporting professional success and personal well-being. We doubled down on initiatives that ensured our people felt supported during the times when they needed it most. For us, a happy team equals happy clients, and we are focused on both.”

    The categories applicants were scored on include: Compensation, Benefits and Employee Solutions; Employee Enrichment, Engagement and Retention; Employee Education and Development; Recruitment, Selection and Orientation; Employee Achievement and Recognition; Communication and Shared Vision; Diversity and Inclusion; Work-Life Balance; Community Initiatives; and Strategic Company Performance.

    “The Best and Brightest is a powerful community of elite leaders who share ideas and practices, and have proven they are employers of choice. Best and Brightest winning companies have also been a voice for important actions in creating a sustainable culture that works, ensuring the wellbeing of their employees come first,” said Jennifer Kluge, President and CEO, Best and Brightest Programs.

    With over 20 years of experience conducting the Best and Brightest competitions, the National Association for Business Resources (NABR) has identified numerous best Human Resource practices and provided benchmarking for companies that continue to be leaders in employment standards.

    The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® winners will be honored during the virtual Illuminate Business Summit week in the spring of 2022.

     

    About the Best and Brightest Programs

    The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® competition identifies and honors organizations that display a commitment to excellence in operations and employee enrichment that led to increased productivity and financial performance. This competition scores potential winners based on regional data of company performance and a set standard across the nation. This national program celebrates those companies that are making better business, creating richer lives and building a stronger community as a whole. There are numerous regional celebrations throughout the country, such as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Houston, Milwaukee, San Diego, San Francisco, Miami, New York, Charlotte, Denver, Seattle, Nashville, and Portland. Nominations are now being accepted for all programs. Visit thebestandbrightest.com to nominate your organization.

     

    About Pivot Point Consulting

    Pivot Point Consulting enables healthcare organizations to realize the most value from their technology and resources through our EHR, ERP, Strategy, Virtual Care, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, Managed Services and Revenue Cycle Management services. Our experts deliver consulting, managed services and talent solutions to providers, payers, life sciences and technology organizations.

    Pivot Point Consulting has earned multiple industry and workplace quality awards, including #6 Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work (2021), Best in KLAS: Overall IT Services Firm (2020), Top Three Best in KLAS for HIT Implementation and Support (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), Highest Rated Vendor in KLAS Implementation Services in the Select Category (2017) and #1 in KLAS for Epic Consulting in the Select Category (2016).

    Practices: Epic®, Community Connect®, Cerner®, Siemens®, Allscripts®, MEDITECH®, McKesson®, Centricity®, eClinicalWorks®, NextGen® CPSI®, MEDHOST®, athenahealth®, Greenway®, Workday®, Lawson/Infor®, Peoplesoft®, SAP®, Kronos® and Facets®.

    For more information, visit us at pivotpointconsulting.com. To view available roles and become part of an exciting work environment at Pivot Point Consulting, visit https://pivotpointconsulting.com/careers/.

    SOURCE Pivot Point Consulting

    Posted 12.21.2021

  • Early data suggests above average performance for MEDITECH’s EHR Implementation Services, according to KLAS

    MEDITECH Professional Services was recognized by KLAS for its collaboration and ability to keep implementation projects on track.’

    December 15, 2021

    According to KLAS, early data on MEDITECH Professional Services’ performance indicated that the company is performing above average for their EHR implementation support.

    Even though MEDITECH has only offered implementation services since 2019, the organization scored 95.5* out of a possible 100 based on early limited data. The market average for all READY-certified firms, including MEDITECH Professional Services, was 87.9.

    Clients polled spoke positively about MEDITECH’s resources, indicating that staff were very collaborative and kept the implementation projects on track even when issues arose.

    “We are excited to hear how much value our customers are getting from MEDITECH Professional Services,” said Executive Vice President Hoda Sayed-Friel.

    “We understand the challenges that many healthcare organizations face with balancing resources and time. Our team provides that extra boost needed to apply advanced system functionality and maximize their ROI. We plan to continue being a change agent, so we can help our customers achieve better outcomes.”

    The 2021 KLAS report comes after 18 months of interviews using KLAS’ standard quantitative evaluation for healthcare services — which focuses on loyalty, operations, relationship, services, and value — reflecting a 100-point overall performance scale.

    *Survey based on limited data for MEDITECH.

     

    Contacts

    Rose McCarthy

    Public Relations and Media Relations Manager

    MEDITECH

    781-774-5229

    [email protected]

    Posted 12.16.2021

  • University of Missouri Health Care’s Jonathan Curtright and Bryan Bliven Win CHIME-AHA Transformational Leadership Award

    ANN ARBOR, MI, Dec. 2, 2021 – As digital technologies increasingly drive the quality of healthcare, leaders behind the scenes are making crucial improvements in technology that help save lives. Led by Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Curtright and Chief Information Officer Bryan Bliven, University of Missouri (MU) Health Care’s IT team designed digital health care tools to help prevent patients from dying of sepsis, reduce the risk of unnecessary blood transfusions and improve patient screening. For these outstanding achievements in digital health, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has named Curtright and Bliven as the winners of the 2021 CHIME-AHA Transformational Leadership Award. MU Health Care leaders including Bliven also received this honor in 2016.

    “Bryan and Jonathan worked together to identify the pressure points where new applications of technology can make a dramatic difference in patient health,” said CHIME Board Chair John Kravitz, Corporate CIO at Geisinger Health. “The MU Health Care team’s impressive achievements under their leadership represent the best of digital transformation, improving the lives of patients and measurably preventing them from harm. We are proud to honor their leadership and vision with this award.”

     The MU Health Care team used a national early warning score (NEWS) algorithm to develop a proactive intervention to reduce sepsis-related mortality rates. Using NEWS for a more rapid response, staff reduced the sepsis mortality index by 22%, avoiding an estimated 12 sepsis-related deaths in the first nine months after implementation.

    Unnecessary blood transfusions can expose patients to increased morbidity and mortality as well as lengthen their hospital stays. By implementing Clinical Decisions Support (CDS) alerts for red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, MU Health Care reduced overall RBC transfusion rate by 13.34% and contributed to a 10% reduction in the mortality rate of transfused patients.

    Bliven and the IT team drove significant gains in risk screening accuracy by redesigning the electronic health record (EHR) to improve screening in key risk areas. Patients benefitted from more accurate provider knowledge of advance directives and better identification of those at risk of injury from falls. Screening for depression and substance misuse also showed dramatic improvements.

    “We are extremely fortunate to have Bryan on our team and directing the Tiger Institute for Health Innovation, MU’s private-public partnership with Cerner Corporation,” Curtright said. “I’m proud of our collaborative teams who addressed these key quality initiatives by combining clinical practice, hands-on experience and technology to improve outcomes to help our patients live healthier lives.”

    “Thank you to CHIME – AHA for the honor of the Transformational Leadership Award,” Bliven said. “The award represents the great collaboration between clinicians and informaticists focused on sustained improvements in patient care at MU Health Care. It is my pleasure to work with them toward our mission of saving and improving lives!”

     The CHIME-AHA Transformational Leadership Award is given in honor of a CEO and CIO whose organization developed and deployed transformational IT that improved the delivery of care and streamlined administrative services.

     About CHIME

    The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers (CIOs), chief medical information officers (CMIOs), chief nursing information officers (CNIOs), chief innovation officers (CIOs), chief digital officers (CDOs) and other senior digital health leaders. CHIME includes more than 5,000 members in 56 countries and two U.S. territories and partners with over 160 healthcare IT businesses and professional services firms. CHIME and its three associations provide a highly interactive, trusted environment that enables senior industry leaders to collaborate, exchange best practices, address professional development needs and advocate for effective use of information management to improve health and care in their communities. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org. 

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    Contact
    Rosslyn Elliott
    Editor, Communications & Media Relations
    734.275.0104
    [email protected]

     

    Posted 12.1.2021