Increased healthcare costs are pushing hospitals to reduce costs and increase the quality of
care. Operating rooms are the most important source of income and expense for hospitals …

The operating room scheduling problem is a popular research topic due to its complexity
and relevance. Previous literature reviews established a useful classification system for …

Previous analysis suggested the opportunity to consider the preferences of different
stakeholders (hospital, patients, doctors and nurses) through the adoption of both patient …

Disaster management generally includes the post-disaster stage, which consists of the
actions taken in response to the disaster damages. These actions include the employment of …

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in health expenditures due to
population growth. In this context, hospital administrators have started to look for ways to use …

Real-time surgery management involves a complex and dynamic decision-making process.
The duration of surgeries in many cases cannot be known until the surgery has actually …

The approaches for the management of elective and non-elective surgery can be classified
with respect to the choice of sharing or not the operating theater. The dedicated operating …

The emergency department (ED) is an important health care service representing the
bottleneck of the hospital. The ED often faces overcrowding problems in many countries …

With the advancement of surgery and anesthesiology in recent years, surgical clinical
pathways have changed significantly, with an increase in outpatient surgeries. However, the …

Interventional radiology (IR) is an increasingly used medical specialty relying on the
possibilities offered by medical imaging guidance technologies to perform minimally …