Block Smarter. Boost Revenue.

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.

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?