Accurate surgery duration estimation is necessary for optimal OR planning, which plays an
important role in patient comfort and safety as well as resource optimization. It is, however …

Importance Accurate surgical scheduling affects patients, clinical staff, and use of physical
resources. Although numerous retrospective analyses have suggested a potential for …

Robot-assisted surgery (RAS) requires a large capital investment by healthcare
organizations. The cost of a robotic unit is fixed, so institutions must maximize use of each …

We consider the problem of minimizing daily expected resource usage and overtime costs
across multiple parallel resources such as anesthesiologists and operating rooms, which …

Background: Operating rooms are the core of hospitals. They are a primary source of
revenue and are often seen as one of the bottlenecks in the medical system. Many efforts …

Background Estimating surgical case duration accurately is an important operating room
efficiency metric. Current predictive techniques in spine surgery include less sophisticated …

We present an elective surgery redesign project involving several New Zealand hospitals
that is primarily data‐driven. One of the project objectives is to improve the predictions of …

For every hospital, it is desirable to fully utilize its operating room (OR) capacity. Inaccurate
planning of OR occupancy impacts patient comfort, safety and financial turnover of the …

Background and study aims Overcoming logistical obstacles for the implementation of
colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) requires accurate prediction of …

For effective operating room (OR) planning, surgery duration estimation is critical.
Overestimation leads to underutilization of expensive hospital resources (eg, OR time) …