A new survey report by LeanTaaS and the Association of Community Cancer Centers shows that 50% of participating infusion centers have difficulty accessing the data they need from their electronic health records.
WHY IT IMPORTANT
According to a study of 100 responses by cancer center leaders conducted mid-year, infusion centers are running out of space and facing staffing shortages.
The State of Cancer 2022 Special Report says more than 40% of survey respondents said they would need to expand their space with a capital investment to increase capacity and keep up with demand. current demand, while 47% are facing a shortage of personnel.
“Demand for infusion services is at a record high. According to the American Cancer Society, it is expected that there will be nearly 2 million new cancer cases in the US by 2022, an increase of more than 5% since 2020. “, the company said.
Nearly half of respondents – 49% – also manually track their performance in spreadsheets.
“EHRs do not use probability theory or simulation algorithms to account for delays, overbooking, cancellations, and add-ons,” according to the report authors.
They say that constraint-based optimization, machine learning, AI and simulation algorithms are needed to solve the problem because the dashboards and reports EHR is designed to generate cannot fully solve the problem. enough of these variables.
TREND TO BIGGER
The healthcare industry is increasingly turning to analytics and AI to help improve operations from planning and supply chain to clinical decision support and operations rooms.
When Saint Luke’s Health System, a healthcare provider with 16 hospitals and other facilities in the Kansas City area, actively anxious to do more for less, the system the system has switched to using AI to analyze the OR workflow and make sure the system is prioritizing cases.
Saint Luke’s needed to increase operating room efficiency by improving surgical service revenue and meeting growing demand – despite staffing and resource shortages.
Jane Peck, COO and vice president of service lines at Saint Luke’s, says Healthcare IT News Last month, automation helped move the organization beyond manual tasks and processes.
“We are currently consistently achieving around 80% uptime in our primary ORs, which helps to make our available resources more efficient and also reduces the frequency of teaming,” she said. We have to stay late.”
Her advice is that no matter how much an organization likes its electronic health records, “don’t expect your EHR to do what it wasn’t designed to do.”
ON PROFILE
“We’re at a critical juncture where health system operators and cancer center managers are grappling with how to expand the physical footprint of their facilities,” said Ashley Joseph. looking to optimize their space and processes to meet growing demand. vice president of customer service for infusion centers at LeanTaaS, in the statement.
“The fastest way to unleash capacity in existing facilities is through a combination of technology and smart operational choices,” she said.
Andrea Fox is the senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
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