This paper provides a comprehensive survey of research on operating room planning and
scheduling problems. Aiming to give a comprehensive classification on the studied …

We provide a comprehensive overview of the typical decisions to be made in resource
capacity planning and control in health care, and a structured review of relevant articles from …

This study reviews the research on planning and scheduling in healthcare published in
Production and Operations Management (POM) and other prestigious operations …

This work examines the process of admission to a hospital's intensive care unit (ICU). ICUs
currently lack systematic admission criteria, largely because the impact of ICU admission on …

As the operations management (OM) and supply chain management (SCM) field has
evolved, a greater emphasis on services has emerged. The healthcare industry represents …

Online reviews are playing an increasingly important role in how patients select and
evaluate health‐care providers. Physician rating websites not only act as open platforms for …

Uncertainty in the duration of surgical procedures can cause long patient wait times, poor
utilization of resources, and high overtime costs. We compare several heuristics for …

The intensive care unit (ICU) is a crucial and expensive resource largely affected by
uncertainty and variability. Insufficient ICU capacity causes many negative effects not only in …

Variability in hospital occupancy negatively impacts the cost and quality of patient care
delivery through increased emergency department (ED) congestion, emergency blockages …

High surgical bed occupancy levels often result in heightened staff stress, frequent surgical
cancellations, and long surgical wait times. This congestion is in part attributable to surgical …