Becker’s Healthcare Podcast Tackling Health System Capacity and Throughput with Mohan Giridharadas, Founder & CEO of LeanTaaS
Sep 10, 2025
Mohan Giridharadas, Founder and CEO of LeanTaaS, dives into the pressing issues of hospital capacity and operational efficiency. He emphasizes leveraging AI technologies to optimize resource utilization, making patient flow miraculously smoother. Drawing parallels to traffic jams, he discusses proactive strategies to tackle healthcare bottlenecks and improve discharges. The spotlight also shines on enhancing operating room efficiency, showcasing financial benefits and ROI. Giridharadas offers practical insights that could redefine healthcare systems navigating current challenges.
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AI Enables Network Optimization
- AI and algorithms can drive operational excellence by optimizing assets, staffing, and patient flow.
- Healthcare needs network-style math and prediction similar to airlines to match supply and demand.
Beyond Dashboards: Predict, Automate, Prescribe
- There is a better way of doing healthcare operations by predicting demand, automating routine work, and prescribing actions.
- Scoreboards alone don't change outcomes; prediction and preparation produce better execution.
Prioritize ORs To Boost Margin
- Focus on optimizing OR utilization and inpatient flow to improve both revenue and margin.
- Small operational improvements (e.g., $2 operating margin gains) scale far more quickly than chasing large revenue increases.
