3051. Nuclear Medicine Appointment Scheduling
Invited abstract in session MD-11: Scheduling in healthcare, stream OR in Healthcare (ORAHS).
Monday, 14:30-16:00Room: Clarendon SR 1.03
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Mei Tuson
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| Engineering, King's College London |
Abstract
This paper describes an approach for assigning nuclear medicine procedures (scan types) for a four-week appointment schedule, using a fixed number of scanning rooms. Some of these procedures require multiple scans on a same scanner, with the stages separated by fixed waiting times. The proposed approach uses a column generation algorithm where the sub-problems construct feasible schedules for a session and the main problem selects the best combination of sessions that satisfy the target demand. The approach is tested on retrospective appointments data from a London University Hospital. Its application at the operational level is further assessed using a discrete event simulation. In addition to assessing the impact of uncertainty on the schedule delivery, the simulation informs lead radiologists at the operational level and administrators at the strategic level on how to map appointments as efficiently as possible.
Keywords
- Health Care
- Optimization Modeling
- Simulation
Status: accepted
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