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Most hospitals have invested heavily in visibility in the form of dashboards, daily huddle reports, capacity snapshots and more. Yet boarded emergency department patients, delayed discharges and capacity bottlenecks remain stubbornly familiar. The problem is rarely a lack of data.…
Jun 24, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM America/Chicago
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Cody Walker
President of Baptist Health Medical Center–North Little Rock