3 accepted papers
Operating room (OR) is a critical and costly asset in hospitals. Effective management is crucial for cost reduction, improved patient outcomes, and resource optimization in ORs. To bolster operational efficiency, numerous hospitals have established day surgery centers for surgeries not requiring an
Improving workflow efficacy in operating rooms (OR) is of significant importance for hospital management. Although extensive studies have been carried out in OR scheduling, efficient methods for workflow analysis are missing in current literature. To bridge this gap, in this letter, a Markov chain m
Operating room (OR) is one of the most critical units in a hospital. Managing surgical processes in ORs for better utilization of medical resources, safe delivery of surgical cases, improving patient outcome, and reducing cost, is of significant importance. In this paper, a discrete-event simulation