Engineering Patient Flow Before Crises Cascade with John D'Alesandro

About this episode

John D'Alesandro discusses innovative strategies for improving patient flow in hospitals to prevent operational crises.

This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Ossur. To learn more about their ‘Responsible for Tomorrow’ Sustainability Campaign, and how you can get involved: CLICK HERE Episode Overview: Hospital operations shouldn't run on reactive chaos- they should anticipate bottlenecks before they cascade. Our next guest, John D'Alessandro, founder of Amplefi, has spent nearly two decades proving this is possible. With over 20 years transforming healthcare operations at systems like Cleveland Clinic, HCA, and Houston Methodist, John brings an unconventional background from automotive manufacturing that revolutionized his approach to patient flow. After facing his own serious diagnosis, he channeled that experience into a mission: helping frontline staff look around corners, spot smoke before fire, and reclaim control over their workday. From predicting ED admissions at triage to relieving radiology bottlenecks in hours, John shares how small signals create massive impact – without adding staff or building new space. Join us to discover why John and his team believes we must fix our systems before automating them with AI. Let's go! Episode Highlights: Hospitals are complex adaptive systems…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Biselli

Guest: John D'Alesandro

Topics covered

• hospital operations
• patient flow
• healthcare transformation
• sustainability
• emergency department management

Keywords

• patient flow
• hospital operations
• emergency department
• healthcare
• sustainability
• Ossur
• Amplefi

Sponsors

Ossur

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cleveland Clinic, HCA, Houston Methodist, Amplefi

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