Joint Commission Resources Book

The Institute for Healthcare Optimization’s approach to managing variability in healthcare delivery is the central theme of Joint Commission Resources’ second edition of the book: Managing Patient Flow in Hospitals: Strategies and Solutions


Upcoming Event

Applying Queuing Theory in Healthcare: A Necessary Step toward Improving Quality of Care and Margin

May 17-18, 2012

Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA 

Learn more about how IHO’s upcoming seminar can help your hospital implement tools and techniques to manage your inefficiencies and improve quality of care.

What's New 

IHO's Dr. Eugene Litvak to present with CMS and NQF officials at the Association of Healthcare Journalists' conference
9 a.m. April 21, 2012, Learn more»

IOM President Recommends Smoothing of Patient Flow
A Successful and Sustainable Health System — How to Get There from Here, New England Journal of Medicine, March 15, 2012, Learn more»

CMS Partnership for Patients

New Jersey Hospital Association to partner with IHO to improve quality, safety and efficiency statewide, and to build a roadmap for national adoption, Learn more»

Johns Hopkins - Scheduling with Surgical Precision
Hopkins to implement IHO recommended redesign in January 2012. Hopkins Dome, November 2011, Learn more»

Quality and Safety Corner

The Institute for Healthcare Optimization’s approach to managing variability in healthcare delivery addresses some of the most intractable quality and safety issues such as readmissions, ED boarding and others. Learn more »


Healthcare Cost Corner

Hospital costs can be decreased by millions of dollars annually by adopting the Institute for Healthcare Optimization’s approach to managing variability in healthcare delivery. Learn more »

A Case Study 

How one hospital increased annual revenue by $137M, and avoided $100M in cost, while improving quality of care Learn more »


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