Transforming Healthcare through Optimization & Innovation

We partner with individuals, teams, and organizations to solve complex healthcare challenges. Our portfolio showcases a selection of high-impact projects that have generated measurable returns on investment, improved patient outcomes, and fostered healthier work environments.

How We Can Help

Whether you are an individual clinician with a new idea, a student navigating a DNP project, or a leader looking to transform your organization's culture, we provide the expert guidance to help you succeed.

Our Consulting Services Include:

Research & Evidence-Based Practice Lifecycle Support
- Mentorship for individuals and teams from project inception to international dissemination.
- Expert guidance on literature reviews, IRB protocol writing, and statistical analysis.
- Assistance developing podium and poster presentations with a proven track record of acceptance (93% rate).

Program & Infrastructure Development
- Building and launching shared leadership councils, including New Knowledge & Innovation councils.
- Creating and chairing research and QI fellowship programs to cultivate internal talent.
- Developing standardized application and review processes for student and clinician-led QI projects.

Data, ROI, and Value on Investment (VOI) Analysis
- Expert consultation using our validated ROI calculator to demonstrate the financial and clinical impact of your work.
- Translating QI outcomes (e.g., reductions in Pressure Injuries, CLABSI, CAUTI) into compelling cost avoidance and ROI data.

Professional Development & Education
- Facilitating engaging workshops on topics like "Quality Improvement Made Easy".
- Providing tailored education and training for teams on QI methodology and data-driven advocacy.

Featured Case Studies

We partner with healthcare organizations to transform their most pressing challenges into opportunities for innovation and growth. The case studies below showcase how a data-driven, collaborative approach leads to measurable results—improving patient outcomes, enhancing workforce stability, and delivering a powerful return on investment.

The Data-Driven Advocate: Quantifying Nursing's Value

The Problem: Nursing professional development and other non-revenue-generating departments often struggle to articulate their financial value, leaving them vulnerable during restructuring and budget cuts.
Our Approach: We developed a sophisticated, yet user-friendly, Return on Investment (ROI) calculator to empower nurse leaders. This tool is grounded in the IHI's Plan-Do-Study-Act model and leverages data from externally vetted, peer-reviewed sources to ensure robust and reliable analysis.
The Impact: This powerful tool has been downloaded over 400 times at national and international symposiums and has been adopted by major health systems like the Mayo Clinic and CommonSpirit Health. It provides concrete data that equips leaders to make a compelling, data-driven case for their essential contributions, turning daunting financial conversations into opportunities for advocacy and investment.

Reinvesting in Retention: A Nurse Residency Program with an $8.7M ROI

The Problem: High nurse turnover, especially among new graduates, places enormous strain on hospital systems financially and impacts the stability of the workforce.
Our Approach: By applying a rigorous ROI analysis to a comprehensive Nurse Residency Program, we were able to quantify the immense value of investing in a structured transition-to-practice experience.
The Impact: The program yielded a remarkable 39.82% ROI, translating to approximately $8.7 million in annual savings. This was driven by a significant 22.8% reduction in nurse turnover, demonstrating that targeted educational programming not only pays for itself but generates substantial returns while creating a more stable and supported work environment.

Building a Sustainable Culture of Inquiry from the Ground Up

The Problem: Many health systems lack a clear and supportive infrastructure for frontline staff and students to engage in research and quality improvement, stifling innovation at the bedside.
Our Approach: We designed and implemented a comprehensive, system-level infrastructure to foster innovation. This included founding the system's first New Knowledge and Innovation (NKI) shared leadership council and associated research fellowship , and rebuilding the graduate student QI application process with a new guidebook and review framework.
The Impact: This work led to a 400% growth in shared leadership initiatives and created a formal pipeline for developing internal research talent. Our mentorship model resulted in a 93% conference acceptance rate for supported abstracts, proving that with the right structure and support, frontline clinicians can drive meaningful, high-quality, and disseminatable practice changes.

Beyond the Clock: Piloting a Flexible Work Week for Leader Well-being

The Problem: Healthcare leaders and educators often face burnout and an unsustainable work-life balance, which can negatively impact their teams and the organization's overall health.
Our Approach: We are leading a quasi-experimental pilot study to explore the impact of a flexible, four-day work week schedule on the well-being of leadership and education teams within a large health system.
The Impact: This pioneering research directly addresses the critical need for innovative solutions to improve the healthcare work environment. By formally studying interventions like a flexible work week, we are helping organizations make evidence-based decisions that support employee well-being, which is intrinsically linked to retention, engagement, and the overall value of investment in its people.