--- title: Block Smarter. Boost Revenue. | hospitals description: hospitals | Brief essays of interest related to operating room OR utilization, block management, machine learning, startups, and patient access. --- [![Copient Health](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CH_logo.png?width=286&height=84&name=CH_logo.png "Copient Health")](https://blog.copienthealth.com/) Open main menu Close main menu - [Solution](https://www.copienthealth.com/reclaim/index) - [Customers](https://www.copienthealth.com/customers/index) - [About](https://www.copienthealth.com/about/index) - [Blog](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog) - [Log In](https://app.copienthealth.com/) - [Request a Demo](https://copienthealth-21169871.hs-sites.com/copient-health-request-a-demo) # Block Smarter. Boost Revenue. Select Category AI block time financial hospitals operating room OR schedule perioperative Schedule Schedulers startup Posts about: ## hospitals ![A CFO's Blueprint for Increasing OR Revenue, Capacity, and Utilization](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hubfs/01-18-23-Copient-Health-CFO-Operating-Room-Utilization-Guide-Blog.png) [perioperative,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/perioperative) [operating room,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/operating-room) [block time,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/block-time) [financial,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/financial) [OR schedule,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/or-schedule) [hospitals,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/hospitals) [Schedule,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/schedule) [AI](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/ai) ### [A CFO's Blueprint for Increasing OR Revenue, Capacity, and Utilization](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/a-cfos-blueprint-for-increasing-operating-room-revenue-capacity-and-utilization) Maximizing OR utilization is among the most pressing issues facing hospital CFOs and perioperative leaders today. It's easy to understand why: maximizing OR utilization also maximizes both patients' access to care and the resulting hospital revenue. The fact that the OR represents both the highest-cost asset to a hospital and the highest opportunity for revenue generation significantly increases the urgency to improve OR utilization. These factors, combined with the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, make it critical that healthcare institutions seek innovative technological solutions to optimize OR operations. ![Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mike.jpg?width=45&name=Mike.jpg) [Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/author/michael-burke) [Read More](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/a-cfos-blueprint-for-increasing-operating-room-revenue-capacity-and-utilization) ![](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hubfs/M7-blogimage.jpg) [perioperative,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/perioperative) [operating room,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/operating-room) [startup,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/startup) [OR schedule,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/or-schedule) [hospitals,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/hospitals) [AI](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/ai) ### [AI in Healthcare: Understanding the Basics and Real-World Applications](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/ai-in-healthcare) With the recent emergence of ChatGPT and other AI-powered tools, the focus on using these tools in healthcare has increased. That’s not a problem if you’re a data scientist, but where do you start if you’re unfamiliar with how artificial intelligence and machine learning might impact your work? This post aims to provide a very brief, high-level overview of AI, with examples of how they might help in healthcare.   ![Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mike.jpg?width=45&name=Mike.jpg) [Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/author/michael-burke) [Read More](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/ai-in-healthcare) ![](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hubfs/M6-blogimage.jpg) [perioperative,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/perioperative) [operating room,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/operating-room) [block time,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/block-time) [financial,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/financial) [OR schedule,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/or-schedule) [hospitals,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/hospitals) [Schedulers](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/schedulers) ### [Do ASCs need to optimize block time?](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/do-ascs-need-to-optimize-block-time) We know that hospitals rely on operating rooms to deliver the majority of their revenues and margin and that OR time sitting idle represents a significant opportunity cost. As such, hospitals use tools like Copient Health to optimize the use of valuable OR time.  Do ASCs share a similar dynamic? Might an ASC benefit from a tool to optimize the use of OR time? ![Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mike.jpg?width=45&name=Mike.jpg) [Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/author/michael-burke) [Read More](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/do-ascs-need-to-optimize-block-time) ![Copient Health- most impactful interventions OR Optimization](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hubfs/blocktime-surgery-1807541_1920.jpg) [perioperative,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/perioperative) [operating room,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/operating-room) [block time,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/block-time) [financial,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/financial) [OR schedule,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/or-schedule) [hospitals](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/hospitals) ### [MOST IMPACTFUL OR INTERVENTIONS IN 2023](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/2023-or-optimization-mostimpactful-interventions) For most hospitals, operating rooms contribute more to funding the mission than any other service. They typically represent the majority of a hospital's revenue and its biggest source of profit. As such, how can you make the best use of this scarce resource? ![Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mike.jpg?width=45&name=Mike.jpg) [Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/author/michael-burke) [Read More](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/2023-or-optimization-mostimpactful-interventions) ![Copient Health- MEASURING REAL ROI IN OR OPTIMIZATION](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hubfs/blog-4-sortingwheatfromchaff.jpg) [operating room,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/operating-room) [block time,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/block-time) [financial,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/financial) [OR schedule,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/or-schedule) [hospitals,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/hospitals) [Schedulers](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/schedulers) ### [SORTING WHEAT FROM CHAFF - MEASURING REAL ROI IN OR OPTIMIZATION](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/measuring-real-roi-in-or-optimization) ##### **INTRODUCTION** With the financial pressures most hospitals have recently experienced, you’ve likely considered different approaches to increase case volume and operational efficiency in your OR. In that consideration, you’ve probably encountered a variety of claims related to either cost savings or increased revenue from internal project teams, consultants, and software vendors. These success metrics can be misleading in different ways: ![Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mike.jpg?width=45&name=Mike.jpg) [Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/author/michael-burke) [Read More](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/measuring-real-roi-in-or-optimization) ![](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hubfs/Social%20Media%20Images/Copient_Blog3.jpg) [perioperative,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/perioperative) [operating room,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/operating-room) [block time,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/block-time) [financial,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/financial) [OR schedule,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/or-schedule) [hospitals,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/hospitals) [Schedule,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/schedule) [Schedulers](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/schedulers) ### [Block Utilization Issues: Why They Matter and What to Do About Them](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/block-utilization-issues-why-they-matter-and-what-to-do-about-them) It's a recurring theme we hear at nearly every hospital. Surgeons distrust - or actively refute the accuracy of - reported utilization statistics. Do they have good reason for this doubt? Regardless, hospitals continue to rely heavily on utilization statistics when making decisions about allocating block time. Is this a sensible thing for hospitals to do? What are the implications? ![Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mike.jpg?width=45&name=Mike.jpg) [Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/author/michael-burke) [Read More](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/block-utilization-issues-why-they-matter-and-what-to-do-about-them) ![](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hubfs/Copient_BLOG_POST2.jpg) [block time,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/block-time) [financial,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/financial) [hospitals,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/hospitals) [Schedulers](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/schedulers) ### [How Celebrating Surgical Office Schedulers Leads to Increased ROI](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/celebrating-surgical-office-schedulers-leads-to-increased-roi) Last month, the business development team at Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital – Las Colinas invited us to spend some time with the surgeons’ office schedulers. Hosting 1 or 2 of these events a year, the objective is to build relationships between the hospital and the physician offices and to generally show appreciation for the schedulers themselves. Marisa Amador, Physician Liaison for BSW - Las Colinas, called me up to ask that I, on behalf of Copient Heath, make an appearance at the Schedulers Appreciation Event on July 19th, 2022. ![Arden Davis](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/98036887c12e4a9dc8635a1860f78280) [Arden Davis](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/author/arden-davis) [Read More](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/celebrating-surgical-office-schedulers-leads-to-increased-roi) ![](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hubfs/Copient_Health-Blog3-math-of-block-time-optimization.jpg) [perioperative,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/perioperative) [operating room,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/operating-room) [block time,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/block-time) [financial,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/financial) [startup,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/startup) [OR schedule,](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/or-schedule) [hospitals](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/tag/hospitals) ### [The Math of Block Time Optimization](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/the-math-of-block-time-optimization)   ![Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mike.jpg?width=45&name=Mike.jpg) [Michael Burke](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/author/michael-burke) [Read More](https://blog.copienthealth.com/blog/the-math-of-block-time-optimization) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/copient-health/) [Follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/CopientHealth)