S elective procedures in an operating suite is a formidable task because of competing performance metrics and uncertain surgery durations. In this paper, we present an optimization framework for batch scheduling within a block booking system that maximizes the expected utilization of operating room resources subject to a set of probabilistic capacity constraints. The algorithm iteratively solve...

The daily scheduling of the operating theatre is a highly constrained problem. Consequently, it is hard to find an optimal solution, or at least high quality solutions, in reasonable time. Through the various human and material resources, we evaluate two models that take into account a maximum of constraints encountered in real life problems. The performance of these two models are compared to ...

Background: Patient safety is one of the essential principles of health care and evaluation of patient safety culture is a motive to provide safe conditions for patient care. Regarding the invasive procedures and the necessity of special attention to patient safety in the operating room, this study aimed to determine the patient safety culture from the perspective of operating room personnel. ...

Scheduling elective surgeries is a dynamic, sequential decision-making 1 process that must balance the costs of deferring waiting cases and blocking higher2 priority cases. Although other surgery scheduling problems have received extensive 3 treatment in the literature, this paper presents the first single-day scheduling problem 4 formulation to capture this aspect of the scheduling process whi...

A recently as the 1960s, hospitals were famous for their quiet and serene environment. Noise restrictions were zealously enforced internally by uniformed nurses and externally by street signs around the perimeter declaring “Hospital—Quiet Zone.” Hospitals and especially operating rooms are no longer quiet.1 In 1972, before the introduction of much of the noisy equipment now routinely used durin...