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Mount Sinai Hospital Uses Integer Programming to Allocate Operating Room Time

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  • John T. Blake

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 2X4)

  • Joan Donald

    (Management Consultant, Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada E1B 1T4)

Abstract

An integer-programming model and a post-solution heuristic allocates operating room time to the five surgical divisions at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital. The hospital has used this approach for several years and credits it with both administrative savings and the ability to produce quickly an equitable master surgical schedule.

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  • John T. Blake & Joan Donald, 2002. "Mount Sinai Hospital Uses Integer Programming to Allocate Operating Room Time," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 32(2), pages 63-73, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:32:y:2002:i:2:p:63-73
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.32.2.63.57
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