Maximizing Released OR Time: How Inova Achieved a 46% Release Fill Rate to Drive ROI and Efficiency

Every OR has open time—the real question is, what are you doing with it? For Inova Health System, the answer was millions in potential revenue and dozens of unbooked hours, hiding in plain sight. But instead of accepting lost capacity as the cost of complexity, they took a different path, one built on real-time data, scheduling governance, and frontline empowerment. In this session, Inova shares how they turned reactive scheduling into a scalable system of predictive orchestration.

Learn how their team:

• Achieved a 46% release fill rate across OR and Endo (51% OR-only), turning open time into booked cases
• Grew OR case volume by 8% and Endo case volume by 13% for top open-time requestors
• Increased prime time utilization by 3%, improving efficiency in core business hours
• Increased OR released minutes by 20%, expanding access to surgical time
• Increased systemness, surgeon and staff satisfaction, and labor efficiency through culture change and engagement

Beyond the numbers, you’ll hear how they built cross-role buy-in, sustained adoption, and proved ROI with data that stands up in the boardroom. If you’re still relying on emails, spreadsheets, or hallway negotiations to fill OR time, this session offers a roadmap to unlock hidden capacity and the operational clarity to sustain it.