HCMC Webinar: Ending the Throughput Crisis: How Surgeons, ED Physicians, and Nurse Leaders Can Transform Safety, Staffing, and Financial Performance

Date: Sep 23, 2026 - Sep 23, 2026

Members FREE | Non-Members $79 
Time: 12pm CST- 1pm CST

OVERVIEW:

Hospitals facing ED overcrowding, workforce strain, capacity shortages, and financial pressure may have an important source of these problems hiding in plain sight: artificial peaks created by scheduled admissions. This webinar will show how hospitals have used patient flow smoothing to reduce overcrowding and cancellations, improve patient safety, access and clinician satisfaction, increase patient throughput, and strengthen financial performance, often without adding beds or staff.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

After attending this session, the learner will be able to:

• Acknowledge the perspectives and priorities of C-suite leaders, surgeons, ED physicians, and nursing leaders in addressing patient flow challenges.
• Frame patient flow and scheduled admissions as hospital-wide operational design issues that influence capacity, access, and care delivery.
• Set expectations for how patient flow smoothing can improve financial performance, patient safety, workforce experience, access, and operational efficiency.

CECs: 1

By attending this program, offered by HCMC, participants may earn up to 1 ACHE Qualifying Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.