Developing emergency department physician shift schedules optimized to meet patient demand

E-ISSN： 1481-8035|17|1|3-12

ISSN： 1481-8035

Source： Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol.17, Iss.1, 2015-02, pp. : 3-12

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Abstract

Objectives: 1) To assess temporal patterns in historical patient arrival rates in an emergency department (ED) to determine the appropriate number of shift schedules in an acute care area and a fast-track clinic and 2) to determine whether physician scheduling can be improved by aligning physician productivity with patient arrivals using an optimization planning model.

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