April 20, 2026
Webinar: When Demand Rises, Adding Beds is Not Always the Answer, April 27
As patient volumes grow, many hospitals are trying to answer the same question: How do you create capacity without expanding the health system’s physical footprint?
This session explores how Sarasota Memorial Health Care System approached that challenge by rethinking daily operations. Susan Grimwood, DNP, executive director of logistics, capacity and patient throughput, will share how the organization strengthened inpatient flow and discharge management by starting the day earlier, strengthened inpatient flow and discharge management by starting the day earlier, improving visibility into demand and creating clearer alignment around execution.
The value of this discussion is its operational focus. Rather than centering on additional beds or construction, it examines how a more predictive and consistent day-to-day model can support throughput, discharge performance and length of stay over time.
Attendees will learn:
- How Sarasota Memorial built capacity through operational redesign,
- Why visibility into demand is critical to daily flow decisions,
- How accountability supports more reliable execution across teams, and
- What helps operational improvements stick over time.
Cost: Free
When: Monday, April 27, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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