Integrating surgeons' preferences in the operating theatre planning
(2011) European Journal of Industrial Engineering — Vol. 5, n° 2, p. 232-250 (2011)
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- In healthcare systems, the operating theatre is recognised as having an important role, notably in terms of generated income and cost. Its management, and in particular its scheduling, is thus a critical activity. A less costly organisation of the operating rooms needs a more rational use of the resources, which requires optimising the surgical schedule. As we are concerned in the medical staff well-being, we integrate the surgeons' preferences when setting up such schedules. This planning process is usually decomposed in two sequential phases: a planning stage followed by a scheduling stage. Due to this decomposition the resulting solutions may turn out to be sub-optimal. This paper describes a mixed-integer programming that completely covers the planning and scheduling of the surgical operations. The pursued objective is twofold: minimising the operating cost and maximising the surgeons' welfare.
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Riane, F., & Roland, B. (2011). Integrating surgeons’ preferences in the operating theatre planning. European Journal of Industrial Engineering, 5(2), 232-250. https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIE.2011.039874 (Original work published 2011)