Data-Driven Patient Scheduling in Emergency Departments: A Hybrid Robust-Stochastic Approach

Emergency care necessitates adequate and timely treatment, which has unfortunately been compromised by crowding in many emergency departments (EDs). To address this issue, we study patient scheduling in EDs so that mandatory targets imposed on each patient’s door-to-provider time and length of stay can be collectively met with the largest probability. Exploiting patient flow data … Read more