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Exploring the Use of Context-Awareness in Scheduling Methods to Approach the Patient Planning Problem

Authors:
Conceição Granja
Terje Solvoll

Keywords: scheduling; context-aware; healthcare; workflow

Abstract:
Lately, in literature, a few papers have been published on methods for solving patient planning problems involving uncertainty. Most authors consider very simple recourse actions, typically only counting the extra overtime resulting from unexpected delays. This is not very realistic in a real world setting, since one in practice wants to dynamically reschedule as unexpected events occur. To be able to perform as such, a scheduling system must address three main challenges: (1) enlarge its scope; (2) plan for uncertainty; and (3) solutions approach. In this paper, is discussed how the context-aware methodology can contribute as a solution to this problem, by enabling process support.

Pages: 81 to 84

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: March 25, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-618-7

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from March 25, 2018 to March 29, 2018