Surgery centers consistently schedule procedures with inaccurate duration templates, causing chronic overruns or idle time, and no one regularly updates the scheduled times based on actual historical data.

Workarounds Described

• Templates stay wrong because nobody owns updating them
• Staff rely on tribal knowledge (e.g., 'Dr. So-and-so always runs long') instead of data
• Scheduling software does not give useful scheduled vs actual numbers, so staff just know in their heads

Implied Software Gaps

• Automatic scheduled-vs-actual analysis and template update recommendations
• Centralized, data-driven tracking of per-surgeon case time accuracy

OR Template Optimizer

A lightweight analytics tool that integrates with existing surgical scheduling systems to automatically compare scheduled vs actual case durations, identify consistent overruns and early finishes, and suggest updated template durations. It provides a dashboard showing idle time, overtime risk, and schedule accuracy per surgeon, enabling data-driven template adjustments without manual analysis.

Existing Solutions Mentioned