Surgeons hold blocks but don't fill them, leading to 20-30% wasted OR time and millions in lost revenue.
Tracking block releases manually leads to missed opportunities and last-minute scrambles to fill OR time.
Without real-time data, administrators can't optimize block allocation or identify problem patterns.
Result: Surgery centers lose $1-3 million annually from poor block management
Intelligent automation that maximizes every OR minute
AI analyzes historical utilization to right-size block allocations, ensuring surgeons get appropriate time based on actual usage patterns.
Enforces release policies automatically, notifying staff of available time and enabling quick reallocation to waiting surgeons.
Continuously monitors utilization and suggests adjustments, moving blocks between surgeons to maximize overall efficiency.
Forecasts future block needs based on trends, helping administrators make data-driven allocation decisions.
Everything you need to optimize OR block utilization
Create recurring block schedules with flexible patterns
Automatic block release with customizable policies
Complete visibility into block utilization
Data-driven insights for optimization
Self-service tools for surgeons
data-driven block optimization
See how much your surgery center could save
Total Annual Impact: +$3 Million
Average ROI: 30 days | Implementation: quickly
Proven strategies for maximizing OR block utilization
Block scheduling is a system where specific OR time blocks are reserved for individual surgeons or surgical groups. It ensures predictable OR access, improves efficiency, and allows surgeons to plan their cases in advance. Block scheduling software automates this process, optimizing allocation based on utilization data.
Block scheduling software improves utilization by tracking actual vs scheduled time, identifying underutilized blocks, automating release policies, enabling quick reassignment of released time, and providing analytics to right-size future block allocations. Centers typically see improvement in utilization.
Block scheduling reserves specific OR times for surgeons in advance, while open scheduling is first-come-first-served. Block scheduling provides predictability, better utilization, reduced conflicts, and improved surgeon satisfaction. Most successful surgery centers use block scheduling for 70-80% of OR time.
AxiaASC automatically enforces block release policies (typically 48-72 hours before surgery), notifies staff of released time, allows other surgeons to request open blocks, and tracks release patterns to optimize future allocations. This reduces wasted OR time by 40%.
Yes, modern block scheduling software handles recurring blocks with customizable patterns (daily, weekly, monthly), automatic holiday adjustments, vacation management, and template-based scheduling. This saves 10+ hours weekly on schedule creation.