A Review of the Scheduling Problem within Canadian Healthcare Centres
In this paper, the current literature regarding nurse scheduling and physician scheduling in Canada is reviewed. Staff scheduling is a vital aspect of healthcare which has immediate positive benefits when optimized. It is also a very complex optimization problem, often involving conflicts, human eva...
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| description | In this paper, the current literature regarding nurse scheduling and physician scheduling in Canada is reviewed. Staff scheduling is a vital aspect of healthcare which has immediate positive benefits when optimized. It is also a very complex optimization problem, often involving conflicts, human evaluation and time constraints. Four categories of problems are reviewed: staff scheduling, physician scheduling, operating room scheduling, and outpatient scheduling, each focusing on a different aspect of resource scheduling and involving unique considerations. Numerous different heuristics and algorithms have been implemented and tested in dozens of hospitals across Canada with nearly universal positive results. Despite the obvious benefits, continued implementations of the optimization software is uncommon. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e0591fe1125415d965be37dcd7a40012023-11-24T03:38:46ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-11-0112211114610.3390/app122111146A Review of the Scheduling Problem within Canadian Healthcare CentresConnor Little0Salimur Choudhury1School of Computing, Queens University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaSchool of Computing, Queens University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaIn this paper, the current literature regarding nurse scheduling and physician scheduling in Canada is reviewed. Staff scheduling is a vital aspect of healthcare which has immediate positive benefits when optimized. It is also a very complex optimization problem, often involving conflicts, human evaluation and time constraints. Four categories of problems are reviewed: staff scheduling, physician scheduling, operating room scheduling, and outpatient scheduling, each focusing on a different aspect of resource scheduling and involving unique considerations. Numerous different heuristics and algorithms have been implemented and tested in dozens of hospitals across Canada with nearly universal positive results. Despite the obvious benefits, continued implementations of the optimization software is uncommon.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/21/11146operations researchphysician schedulingscheduling problemoperating room schedulingnurse schedulingoutpatient scheduling |
| spellingShingle | Connor Little Salimur Choudhury A Review of the Scheduling Problem within Canadian Healthcare Centres Applied Sciences operations research physician scheduling scheduling problem operating room scheduling nurse scheduling outpatient scheduling |
| title | A Review of the Scheduling Problem within Canadian Healthcare Centres |
| title_full | A Review of the Scheduling Problem within Canadian Healthcare Centres |
| title_fullStr | A Review of the Scheduling Problem within Canadian Healthcare Centres |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of the Scheduling Problem within Canadian Healthcare Centres |
| title_short | A Review of the Scheduling Problem within Canadian Healthcare Centres |
| title_sort | review of the scheduling problem within canadian healthcare centres |
| topic | operations research physician scheduling scheduling problem operating room scheduling nurse scheduling outpatient scheduling |
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