Assesing the efficiency of a large university hospital’s operating room planning

Hospital X is a leading academic institution in the healthcare industry, known for its high-quality care in a variety of medical disciplines. Offering a wide range of operating rooms along with highly experienced professionals and state-of-art technology, the hospital can assist nearly all medical services, ranging from state-of-the-art inpatient, preventive as well as ambulatory medical care (confidential). The hospital has implemented a planning method for the daily distribution of the operating rooms among different specialties, depending on the scheduled operations. With regards to the high volume of surgeries performed daily, the hospital would like to assess the efficiency of the planning method currently used, to identify weaknesses and strengths and improve resource utilization.