Query Request- Number of unscheduled hours

[savvy]

Each of my ops have 7 hours available for procedures.
For many reasons there is available time that has not had a procedure associated with it.
For example, a patient is scheduled for procedures between 9:00 and 10:15, but the next patient isn't scheduled untill 10:45.
Or, the 4:00 hyg patient calls from his cell phone to say that he can't be there due to traffic of the bridge.
I would like to know how much potential time is not being used.

Can someone help me?

Cheers!!

[jordansparks]

So you're looking for blocks of time when there are no appointments at all in any of the ops, right? I started to write a strategy for doing this with a query, but it's just too complex. I think it requires the full power of a programming language to process the data. So it would have to be a feature request. Maybe for "unutilized time" or "empty chair time".

[savvy]

OK, a request will be made.

Currently, I just go back through the schedule and count open hour blocks of time.

Seven years ago, I discovered that though I was at the office 3.5days a week, I had open time here and there. I decided to see how much. It was close to 4 hours a week. So I took off one half day. Actually increased production because my patients scheduled right away instead of putting it off a few weeks, which we all know turns into months.
Worked less, made more.

Cheers!!