A mathematical programming approach for the integrated physician and surgery scheduling problem

We present the Integrated Physician and Surgery Scheduling Problem (IPSSP) as a new approach for solving operating room scheduling problems where staff rosters for the physicians are integrated in the optimisation. A mixed integer linear programming formulation is created based on the most important objectives and restrictions of the surgery scheduling and the physician rostering problem from literature. We analyse schedules when relaxing surgery - and physician related constraints based on performance parameters. These parameters show the impact of strategic physician preferences on the operational operating room schedule. Our experiments show some interesting insights for physician roster schedulers as well as operating theatre scheduling managers.We present the Integrated Physician and Surgery Scheduling Problem (IPSSP) as a new approach for solving operating room scheduling problems where staff rosters for the physicians are integrated in the optimisation. A mixed integer linear programming formulation is created based on the most important objectives and restrictions of the surgery scheduling and the physician rostering problem from literature. We analyse schedules when relaxing surgery - and physician related constraints based on performance parameters. These parameters show the impact of strategic physician preferences on the operational operating room schedule. Our experiments show some interesting insights for physician roster schedulers as well as operating theatre scheduling managers.C