iQueue for Operating Rooms
Operating rooms are the financial engines of a hospital, and it’s critical to get the most out of this valuable asset. Successful operating room capacity management requires predictive and prescriptive analytics.
Powered by AI and machine learning, iQueue for Operating Rooms is the industry-leading solution that provides real-time analytics and prescriptive recommendations, plus block and open time management tools, to help perioperative leaders optimize staff, equipment, and capital utilization.
550+
Hospitals
100
Health Systems
5.6k
ORs
5%
Increase in case volume
Operating room capacity challenges
OR time is extremely valuable and maximizing OR utilization is really hard. To make the best decisions, perioperative leaders need direct access to real-time, transparent data, actionable metrics, and easy-to-use tools “on the fly.” Successful operating room capacity management requires predictive and prescriptive analytics.
iQueue for Operating Rooms is an AI/ML-based solution that provides real-time analytics and prescriptive recommendations, as well as block and open time management tools, to help perioperative leaders optimize staff, equipment, and capital utilization.
How iQueue for Operating Rooms helps
Increase surgical volume
Give surgeons and their office schedulers the easy access they need to open time through an “OpenTable-like” OR block marketplace. iQueue also provides proactive release reminders and predictive nudges based on pattern recognition and actual availability, factoring in constraints, so that blocks that are unlikely to be filled can be booked in advance by others.
Smart Match strategically offers time to the best fit surgeon, taking into account hospital goals, practice patterns, case information, and more.
Optimize surgery scheduling for everyone
Eliminate multiple back-and-forth phone calls between OR schedulers and surgeons’ offices, for both Employed and Non-Employed/ Community Physicians. iQueue’s case scheduling feature allows easy electronic scheduling of cases with accurate information via a streamlined source — no more faxes, emails, and excessive phone calls.
Case Length Accuracy and Forecast tools accurately predict complex and multi-panel case lengths so that clinics and OR schedulers can reserve the correct amount of time for each case, improving OR efficiency and reducing a scarcity mindset.
Access predictive analytics and advanced reporting
Achieve data transparency with a single, reliable source of truth and an easy to navigate method for accessing key perioperative metrics. Through the use of predictive analytics, a nurse manager or an anesthesia staff leader can see as far as four weeks out to better match resources with demand.
Utilize the benchmark tool to see how your key KPIs compare against others of the same facility type.
Improve surgical block utilization
Say goodbye to conventional OR block scheduling that’s inefficient and inequitable. iQueue analyzes the historical use of allocated OR block time and uses this information to identify “collectable time” so meaningful OR block time can be released, repurposed, and reallocated.
Forecast and plan surgical staffing needs
Eliminate last-minute staffing change requests by using historical data and trends to forecast staffing needs, matching limited staff to patient demand. Daily assignment recommendations take into account the entire OR schedule and roster when matching staff to rooms.
The results
1-2
Additional cases per OR each month
25%
Decrease in overtime utilization
4%
Increase in prime time utilization
16%
Increase in robot utilization