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An Operating Theater Planning Decision Support System

An Operating Theater Planning Decision Support System

Carlos Gomes (Universidade do Porto, Portugal), Fabrício Sperandio (Universidade do Porto, Portugal), Arnon Peles (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel), José Borges (Universidade do Porto, Portugal), António Carvalho Brito (Universidade do Porto, Portugal) and Bernardo Almada-Lobo (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781466636675|ISBN10: 146663667X|EISBN13: 9781466636682
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3667-5.ch005
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Gomes, Carlos, Fabrício Sperandio, Arnon Peles, José Borges, António Carvalho Brito and Bernardo Almada-Lobo. "An Operating Theater Planning Decision Support System." Information Systems and Technologies for Enhancing Health and Social Care. IGI Global, 2013. 69-86. Web. 11 Jan. 2020. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-3667-5.ch005

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Gomes, C., Sperandio, F., Peles, A., Borges, J., Brito, A. C., & Almada-Lobo, B. (2013). An Operating Theater Planning Decision Support System. In R. Martinho, R. Rijo, M. Cruz-Cunha, & J. Varajão (Eds.), Information Systems and Technologies for Enhancing Health and Social Care (pp. 69-86). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-3667-5.ch005

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Gomes, Carlos, Fabrício Sperandio, Arnon Peles, José Borges, António Carvalho Brito and Bernardo Almada-Lobo. "An Operating Theater Planning Decision Support System." In Information Systems and Technologies for Enhancing Health and Social Care, ed. Ricardo Martinho, Rui Rijo, Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha and João Varajão, 69-86 (2013), accessed January 11, 2020. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-3667-5.ch005

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Abstract

The operating theater is the biggest hospital budget expenditure. The usage of surgery related resources and its intrinsic planning must be carefully devised in order to achieve better operational performance. However, from long to short term planning, the decision processes inherent to the operating theater are often the subject of empiricism. Moreover, the current hospital information systems available in Portuguese public hospitals lack a decision support system component, which could assist in achieving better planning solutions. This work reports the development of a centralized system for the operating theater planning to support decision-making tasks of surgeons, chief specialty managers, and hospital administration. Its main components concern surgery scheduling, operating theater’s resource allocation and performance measurement. The enhancement of the planning processes, the increase of policy compliance, and the overall performance of the operating theater compared to the former methodologies are also discussed.

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