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โฑ๏ธ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ
Every minute lost in the OR carries a cost beyond the schedule. Delayed first cases cascade into compressed turnover times, heavier cognitive loads, and postponed patient care. In resource-limited settings, same-day cancellations are not an inconvenience; they are a care crisis (Abate, 2020).
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Most hospitals still rely on block scheduling, manual case estimates, and retrospective audits. These tools reveal what went wrong, rarely in time to prevent it. That is the gap artificial intelligence (AI) fills. Machine learning predicts case durations, flags cancellation risk early, and anticipates post-anesthesia care unit demand. This enables smarter sequencing and proactive staffing decisions (Merghani et al., 2025). Catching perioperative bottlenecks early measurably reduces their downstream impact on resource strain (Stromblad et al., 2021). Real-world deployments confirm these technologies are leaving the pilot phase (Hayhurst, 2025).
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Speed of adoption cannot outpace safety. In high-pressure environments, poor data quality, model drift, and automation bias create genuine risk. Responsible implementation demands rigorous validation, transparent monitoring, meaningful override capability, clear accountability, and equitable outcomes (Stroud et al., 2025).
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AI offers meaningful potential to reduce perioperative delays, but only when paired with rigorous validation and workforce-centered design. At TORG, we believe the next step must not be rapid adoption alone, but responsible integration guided by safety, equity, and outcomes that can be measured and trusted.
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