The Collaboration Award was designed to recognize a collaborative effort by a CHIME Foundation firm and CHIME member. The award will provide organizational and industry recognition to Foundation firms and CIOs. LeanTaaS and UCHealth were the 2016 recipients of this prestigious award.
LeanTaaS is a software company that uses lean principles, machine learning and predictive analytics to increase patient access, decrease wait times, improve staff satisfaction, reduce healthcare delivery costs, and improve operational performance. LeanTaaS's cloud-based iQueue platform mathematically matches the demand for expensive, constrained healthcare resources – operating rooms, infusion chairs, imaging assets, inpatient beds, etc. – with supply.
Team
Sanjeev Agrawal | Team member
collegefeed, Aloqa, Google, Mckinsey, Cisco
Business model
LeanTaaS offers it solutions using a SaaS model. The company does not require a long-term contract commitment, and offers a 60-day money back guarantee if a customer does not find the solution to be helpful.
Competitive advantage
Product: Our products have been designed in collaboration with some of the nation’s largest hospitals such as Stanford and UCHealth. Since our products are data driven, the learning, monitoring, and refinements inherent in our products represent a unique and unfair advantage.
Technology: While machine learning and predictive analytics alone are not unique differentiators, the field testing and refinements we have done, combined with the lean principles we have learned over two decades, makes our technology superior. We have several PhDs in the company who work with lean experts to solve problems. Our CEO was a Sr. Partner at McKinsey for 18 years and co-developed the lean service operations practices at McKinsey. He brings a vast amount of real-world experience that other companies lack.
Sales: We have CXO level access to large hospital chains through the networks of our executive team, our investors, board members, and a strong circle of prominent supporters. We have been able to engage with hospitals, prove ROI, and close sales very successfully.