3 health system leaders on why block utilization doesn’t tell the full story — and what grew surgical volume 7%

Block utilization can provide useful directional insight, but on its own, it can mask unused time, excess allocation and barriers to OR access. At an executive roundtable sponsored by LeanTaaS at Becker’s 2026 Perioperative Summit, three health system executives described how they are looking beyond the metric to identify hidden capacity, release block time earlier […] The post 3 health system leaders on why block utilization doesn’t tell the full story — and what grew surgical volum...