A method of, and system for improved operating room scheduling.

摘要

The present invention relates a method comprising the steps of: obtaining an initial schedule for the at least one operating room, the initial schedule comprising a plurality of sequential medical procedures, as well as allocation of a plurality of equipment and medical staff for each of the medical procedures; obtaining historical schedule data, consisting of a plurality data element comprising medical procedures, allocation of equipment, allocation of medical staff, patient data, and interrelations between the data elements; validating the initial schedule by forecasting a time duration of each medical procedure of the initial schedule, wherein the forecasting comprises comparing the medical procedures of the initial schedule with medical procedures of the historical schedule having a predetermined amount of corresponding data elements and interrelations, wherein the historical schedule data further comprises historical medical procedure tracking data elements obtained from an operating room, and the method further comprises the steps of: obtaining, during running the medical procedure of the validated schedule, real-time medical procedure tracking data from the operating room in which the medical procedure is being performed; validating the running schedule by forecasting a time duration of the running medical procedure by comparing the real-time medical procedure tracking data with the historical medical procedure tracking data, and determining if the forecasted time duration exceeds a predetermined threshold value; notifying medical staff allocated to a medical procedure of the running schedule if forecasted time duration exceeds the threshold value.