LibraryFamily 10 · Workflow & Operational Efficiency
Operating theatre scheduling optimisation
Under reviewPilotNo evidence on file
Undergoing in-depth clinical, technical and governance review.
Forecasts case durations and proposes an optimised theatre schedule to improve utilisation and reduce late starts and overruns.
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Clinical context
- Clinical problem
- Optimise a process
- Point of care
- Back office
- Nature of AI output
- An optimised schedule
- Clinical specialty
- Operations & administration
- Care setting
- Back office
- Patient population
- Elective surgical caseload across the operating theatre department.
- Intended use
- Forecasts case durations and proposes an optimised theatre schedule to improve utilisation and reduce late starts and overruns.
Technology
- AI technique
- Classical machine learning, Statistical model
- Input data
- Structured EHR data, Claims / administrative data
- Output type
- Prioritisation / schedule
- Autonomy level
- Human in the loop (human acts)
- Model provenance
- Built in-house
- Model version
- —
- Built on a general-purpose model
- No
Deployment
- Status
- Pilot
- Country
- Sweden
- Deployment date
- 1 October 2024
- Sites
- 1
Regulatory & governance
- EU AI Act risk tier
- Minimal risk
- High-risk basis
- Not applicable
- Medical device
- No
- EU MDR class
- Not a device
- CE marking
- Not required
- FDA status
- Not applicable
- ISO 14971 risk class
- Low
- GDPR processing basis
- Legitimate interest
- GDPR DPIA
- Not required
- Data identifiability
- Anonymised
- Explainability method
- Intrinsic
- Human oversight model
- Scheduling coordinators review and adjust the proposed plan before publishing.
NICE evidence standards
- ESF tier
- Tier A — system / service
- Evidence category
- Category 1
Performance summary
- Headline metric
- Time saved
- Value
- 12
- Subgroup performance assessed
- No
- Known bias signals
- —
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Contributors
- Deploying organisation
- [demo] Karolinska University Hospital · Hospital / health system · Sweden
- AI vendor
- —
- Product name
- —