24th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies
Abstract Submission

3647. Multi-Layer Scheduling for the Hospital Inpatient Process: A Patient Flow Optimization Approach

Invited abstract in session TF-43: Metaheuristics for Scheduling and Timetabling, stream Metaheuristics.

Tuesday, 16:15-17:45
Room: JUR – Seminar-Raum 63

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Cristian Belfiore
de-Health Lab - Laboratory of Decision Engineering for Health Care Services - DIMEG, Università della Calabria
2. Rosita Guido
Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria
3. Domenico Conforti
DIMEG, Università della Calabria

Abstract

In recent years, the need to address healthcare scheduling within integrated frameworks has become increasingly evident. Hospital resources are heterogeneous and strongly interdependent. Mathematical models capturing these systems are typically large scale and NP-hard, and remain difficult to solve even with advanced commercial solvers. This paper proposes a novel multi-layer scheduling model for the hospital inpatient process within a Patient Flow framework, capturing the coordination of surgery, diagnostics, and ward resources, and outlines an efficient heuristic solution approach.

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Status: accepted


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