Transforming Healthcare Efficiency: How Mathematical Modeling and AI Drive Innovation at Carlanderska
Mathematical Modeling and AI is transforming healthcare, offering new opportunities to enhance decision-making, efficiency, and patient outcomes. Through Mathematical Modeling insights, healthcare systems can optimize resources, improve care, and reduce costs.
The healthcare industry is experiencing a digital shift, integrating tools like electronic health records, telemedicine, and data analytics. These innovations aim to provide personalized, accessible care while boosting operational efficiency. However, with the aging population and a shortage of healthcare workers, traditional methods are no longer sufficient. High stress and poor planning are causing burnout and deterring individuals from entering or staying in the profession.
Resource planning inefficiencies lead to long patient queues, suboptimal staff scheduling, and increased turnover. These issues cause delays, reduced productivity, and increased costs.
Sownder is addressing these challenges with its Mathematically-poweredplatform designed to optimize healthcare resource planning. The platform features three components: Analyze, which provides an overview of operations; Predict, which forecasts trends and identifies patterns in data; and Optimize, which improves scheduling to maximize efficiency without adding extra resources. Sownder’s solution reduces patient queues by 30%, boosts employee satisfaction, and helps
healthcare providers make smarter, data-driven decisions.
Carlanderska Hospital partnered with Sownder to implement this system, resulting in significant time savings. “The surgical department estimates saving hours every day on planning and resource optimization,” said Jonas, Nurse Anesthetist. “Sownder’s system is fast, user-friendly, and has greatly improved our efficiency,” added Ulrika, Nurse Anesthetist*.
By leveraging mathematical modeling to streamline resource planning, Sownder is helping healthcare systems enhance patient care, improve operational efficiency, and create a sustainable future for healthcare professionals.
*Quotations from Carlanderska in full length:
- “When I plan a day with Sownders’ system, it goes so fast! It’s easy to work with and clear for both employees and the operator.” Ulrika, Nurse Anesthetist
- “We were unable to find a system that suited our needs among the suppliers on the market until we came into contact with Sownder. The big success factor is that we as users have been involved in developing the board. We have been able to sit directly with the programmers and together we have found the best solution.” — Jonas, Nurse Anesthetist
- “We are already seeing good time savings. by using the new system, the surgical department estimates that they save at least 2 hours every day on planning and optimizing their resources. Marvellously!” Nurse
Appendix: Challenges in Healthcare Operations
Inefficient resource planning in the healthcare sector is leading to a series of significant issues:
- Long patient queues, with the need to reduce inpatient stays to increase capacity.
- Suboptimal scheduling and reception planning that fail to fully utilize available resources and staff.
- Lack of flexible, short-term planning tools, creating stress for staff and unsustainable work situations.
- High staff turnover, making healthcare an increasingly unattractive profession due to poor planning and lack of predictability.
- Operational vulnerability, as a few key individuals handle scheduling, which impacts overall efficiency.
The Consequences of Poor Scheduling and Patient Planning
- 109 BSEK – Total healthcare costs, out of a yearly budget of 1.246 BSEK**
- 60% – Of healthcare employees are considering changing jobs***
- 180,000+ – People waiting for operations in the Swedish queue system****
These issues contribute to:
- Increased queue times and staff dissatisfaction.
- Decreased productivity and patient quality of life.
- Higher costs and wasted resources.
**Source: Regeringen, Statens budget i siffror, 2023
***Source: Vårdförbundet, Verksamhetsberättelse 2022
****Source: Socialstyrelsen, 2023