Problems
What will AGI do for Surgical Block Time Optimization?
Operating rooms are a hospital's highest-margin asset and most expensive cost center. Perioperative directors allocate this space in static blocks of time assigned to specific surgeons or departments. Because block allocation relies on rigid historical averages rather than dynamic case prediction, surgeons routinely hoard time they do not need. This creates artificial scarcity, resulting in unused OR capacity on the day of surgery while backlogs of unassigned cases grow.