title: Managing uncertainties in the surgical scheduling.
abstract: Current surgical scheduling system has difficulties to handle unpredictable events or uncertainties. Source of uncertainties may come from the patient or the surgery itself, where several cases require immediate changes in data, such as when surgery delays or cancellation occurs on the same day. The study aimed to model the uncertainties for managing identified uncertainties during the continuous scheduling, framed by resilience concept to cope with the system fragility. In order to be able to control and adjust any changes which may affect the surgery schedule of the day, we provide alternatives of solution rather than strictly decide the best valued options. We identified dimensions of uncertainties and categorized them based on the resilience concept, computed the impact value of potentially conflicted resources as a result of schedule change. With the model applied, we would provide a list of most acceptable and less vulnerable alternatives for anesthesiologist as a scheduler to build resilience in the surgical scheduling.
authors.affiliation: Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Rep. of Korea.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wiyartanti
authors.affiliation: Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Rep. of Korea.
authors.forename: Myon Woong
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Center for Bionics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Rep. of Korea.
authors.forename: Dahee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Center for Bionics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Rep. of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Kwan
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Center for Bionics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Rep. of Korea.
authors.forename: Young Tae
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.affiliation: Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Rep. of Korea.
authors.forename: Gyu Hyun
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009870:Operating Room Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D017748:Time Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D057188:Workflow; D016526:Workload