Full Name
Susan Grimwood
Job Title
Executive Director, Logistics, Capacity and Patient Throughput
Company
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Speaker Bio
Susan Grimwood is currently the Executive Director of Logistics, Capacity and Patient Throughput at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System. She is an APRN with extensive experience in dermatology, plastic surgery, neurology, and medical surgical/cardiac care.

At Sarasota Memorial, she has been instrumental in leading logistics operations and managing patient flow, achieving substantial improvements in patient throughput while maintaining high quality care. Her innovative approach to real-time productivity management has resulted in millions of dollars in savings for the organization while maintaining nurse turnover below industry average.

She is particularly noted for her work with predictive technology in healthcare, having coined the term "VOODOO" for LeanTaaS' Census Forecast technology, which she implemented for strategic staffing decisions and capacity management. Under her leadership, this technology has been made available to all staff at Sarasota Memorial Healthcare on their mobile devices.
Susan Grimwood