Hospital Command Center Management Summit 2026
Hospital Command Center Management Summit is a BRI Network summit for command center, transfer center, patient flow, and hospital operations leaders.
- Dates
- October 26–27, 2026
- Location
- Orlando, FL
- Organizer
- BRI Network
TL;DR
- Hospital Command Center Management Summit 2026 runs October 26–27, 2026.
- The two-day program covers real-time command center decision-making, ambulance operations, workforce retention and burnout, emergency department wait times, capacity barriers, and crisis leadership.
- A Tuesday workshop covers intelligent care operations hubs and patient flow optimization.
About
The agenda tackles cross-facility coordination, boarding in the emergency department, discharge optimization, medical transportation and staffing models that can support around-the-clock operation. Leaders from major health systems describe what succeeded, what did not and what they learned, including results on return on investment. A separate workshop on the second day looks at intelligent care operations hubs and optimizing patient flow.
Who you'll find in the room
Command center directors
Command center directors.
Transfer center leaders
Transfer center leaders.
Patient flow leaders
Patient flow leaders.
Operations directors
Operations directors.
Featured speakers
13 listedApril M. Taylor
Chief Operating Officer · The Johns Hopkins Hospital
James R. Newman
Vice President, Patient Logistics · Virtua Health
Stacey Powell
Administrative Director Nursing Clinical Operations · University Medical Center of El Paso
Delilah Espinoza
Director Transfer Center · University Medical Center of El Paso
Sarah Nienhaus
Emergency Department Expeditor · Children's Mercy Kansas City
Ethan R. Parten
Vice President, Procedural Services · Mass General Brigham
Brandi Laurint
Practice Administrator · Mayo Clinic
Lindsey Lehman
Associate Administrator, Hospital Operations · Mayo Clinic
Schemell Weech
Assistant Chief Nursing Officer · Norton Sound Health Corporation
Calaiselvy Elumalai
VP Chief Nursing Officer, Siena Campus · CommonSpirit Health St. Rose Dominican Hospitals - Siena
Jessica Crum
Executive Director, EPIC Applications and Transfer Operations · Forrest Health
Lorelei Stellwag
Vice President - MedStar Capacity and Transfer Center · MedStar Health
Diana Pancu
Chief MedStar Triage Officer and Physician Director · MedStar Health
Questions people ask
4 answeredHospital Command Center Management Summit 2026 runs October 26–27, 2026.
Command center directors, transfer center leaders, patient flow leaders, and operations directors attend.
It is most useful for command center, transfer center and patient flow leaders building or expanding operations hubs, since speakers come from systems such as Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, Mass General Brigham and MedStar Health, and Day One covers ED wait times and ambulance integration. Clinicians and executives with no role in capacity or patient logistics, or vendors hoping for a broad exhibit hall, will get less from a two-day program plus one workshop.
Hospital operations and nursing leaders usually wear business casual or business professional at summits like this, and Orlando's warm climate makes lighter fabrics practical.
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