Surgical unit time utilization review: resource utilization and management implications
Journal of Medical Systems
Conflicting interests in the timing of jobs
Management Science
Due-date setting and priority sequencing in a multiclass M/G.1 queue
Management Science
Minimizing total cost in scheduling outpatient appointments
Management Science
Management Science
Simulation of a multiple operating room surgical suite
Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
An elective surgery scheduling problem considering patient priority
Computers and Operations Research
On capacity allocation for operating rooms
Computers and Operations Research
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A large midwestern hospital is expecting an increase in surgical caseload. New operating room (OR) capacity can be had by building new ORs or extending the working hours in the current ORs. The choice among these options is complicated by the fact that patients, surgeons and surgical staff, and hospital administrators are all important stakeholders in the health service operation, and each has different priorities. This paper investigates the trade-offs among three performance criteria (wait to get on schedule, scheduled procedure start-time reliability, and hospital profits), which are of particular importance to the different constituencies. The objective is to determine how the hospital can best expand its capacity, acknowledging the key role that each constituency plays in that objective. En route, the paper presents supporting analysis for process improvements and suggestions for optimal participation-inducing staff contracts for extending OR hours of operation.