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We apply process modeling and simulation to improve surgery planning, through the coordination of operation rooms and intensive care unit (ICU). A case study was carried out in a Brazilian hospital. With the proposed changes, we obtained a 39% reduction in surgery cancelations and a 61% decrease in preoperative length of stay.
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This work was supported by the CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ and PUC-Rio.
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Marchesi, J.F., Hamacher, S., Cyrino Oliveira, F.L. (2020). Improving Operation Rooms and Planning to Reduce Surgery Cancelations and Inpatient Length of Stay. In: Leiras, A., González-Calderón, C., de Brito Junior, I., Villa, S., Yoshizaki, H. (eds) Operations Management for Social Good. POMS 2018. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23816-2_14
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