Thursday August 20 Lunch and Learn
August 20, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“Improving the Bottom Line by Optimizing Patient Throughput”
August 20, 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM at
Maggiano’s Atlanta
Registration Now Open
August 20 Lunch and Learn Approved for 1.5 Hours of ACHE In-Person Education Credit!
About the Program
Join us on August 20 at Maggiano’s in Buckhead for our in-person lunch and learn program, “Improving the Bottom Line by Optimizing Patient Throughput.” The program has been approved for 1.5 hours of ACHE In-Person Education credit.
Effective patient throughput is a challenge for most organizations even though a sound program can significantly affect operational costs, service capacity, and patient experience. Creating good patient throughput includes strategies that closely align organizational structures, processes, and people to initiate discharge execution at the time of admission.
Bringing these complex systems together requires an ongoing transdisciplinary approach to plan, manage, and monitor each area’s metrics such as length of stay, patient holding, emergency department left without being seen, and patient satisfaction. Results of a sound program may include increased bed capacity, improved revenue, and reduced costs. This discussion will explore strategies to reduce excess inpatient days and create bed capacity through multiple interlocking clinical initiatives.
Some of the topics and questions covered include:
- How can you leverage hospitalists to expedite discharges?
- How do you address restructuring Care Management to reduce length of stay?
- How do you create bed capacity without adding beds?
- What strategies have you used at your organization to reduce practice variation?
- What strategies have you used to reduce bottlenecks in the ED, OR, and PACU?
- What financial and quality benefits have you been able to quantify?
- What clinical outcomes and service measures have you been able to impact?
Moderator:
Our August 20 program will be held at Maggiano’s in Buckhead.
Networking Time
Registration opens at 11:30 AM, and we will have 30 minutes of networking time before and after the program, with plenty of time for questions and answers during the program. Lunch will be served beginning at 11:30 AM.
Tony Stajduhar,
Senior Advisor,
Jackson Healthcare
Panelists:
Richard Bowe, MD,
Anesthesiologist,
SVP of Physician Practices,
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital,
SVP Phoebe Foundation
Jon-Paul Croom, FACHE,
Senior Brokerage Partner, Healthcare & Medical,
DTSpade,
Former Market President of WellStar North Fulton Medical Center and
SVP at WellStar Health System,
Former ACHE of Georgia President
Event Details:
August 20, 2026, 11:30 am to 2:00 pm Eastern Time
Location:
Maggiano’s Atlanta-Buckhead
3368 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA 30326
(404) 816-9650
Agenda:
11:30 am: Check-in, networking, lunch
Noon to 1:30 pm: Education program and lunch
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm: Networking
2:00 pm: Conclude
CEUs:
1.5 hours of ACHE In-Person Education Credit
IMPORTANT: ACHE has changed its policy regarding sign-in sheets. We are no longer using sign-in sheets for credit reporting. We will have a QR code at the event that you will use to sign in for credit using ACHE’s form. You will need to complete the form by 5:00 PM on the day of the event. Please be prepared to scan the QR code with your phone at the event.
COST:
ACHE Member: $55
Non-Member: $75
Student ACHE Member: $20
Student Non-Member: $30
$10 Late Fee added after August 17
NOTE – Early Registration Deadline Monday, August 17.
No credit/refund after this date. If you are unable to attend, you may send a substitute.
If you have questions, contact Bruce Lloyd at 404-444-8136 or send an email.
