18. A study on policy decisions to embed flexibility for reactive recovery in the planning and scheduling process in operating rooms
Invited abstract in session TD-4: Discussion session, stream Discussions.
Tuesday, 16:00-17:30Room: Room S3
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Babak Akbarzadeh
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| Economic and Business Administration, University of Ghent |
Abstract
The endeavor for operational excellence in the operating room (OR) department is hampered by uncertainty underlying patient demand for healthcare resources. Incorporating this uncertainty is complicated since planning and scheduling decisions are organized according to a hierarchical decision structure in different phases. In this study, we link the strategic, tactical, and operational decision-making in the OR department and study the impact of policy decisions embedding flexibility in the OR planning and scheduling processes to improve the operational outcome, making the trade-off between efficiency and consistency. We consider a sequential but interrelated proactive-reactive decision framework that is guided by both generic assumptions from literature and real life. Analysis is performed via computational experimentation on a real-life dataset.
Keywords
- Operating room planning and scheduling
- Strategic and operational planning
- Decision support
Status: accepted
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