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Creating an Optimal Operating Room Schedule
Author(s) -
Calichman Murray V.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)60442-0
Subject(s) - suite , schedule , profitability index , computer science , scheduling (production processes) , operations research , task (project management) , operations management , business , operating system , engineering , systems engineering , finance , archaeology , history
• SCHEDULING IN THE OR suite is a particularly daunting task for many surgical services managers. • CREATING AN OPTIMAL OR schedule requires looking at constraining factors as well as historical data. • THIS ARTICLE presents one solution to creating an OR schedule that results in increased use of the OR suite and better profitability. AORN J 81 (January 2005) 580–588.