Improving Surgical Scheduling Cuts Wait Times for Patients

A new scheduling system significantly reduces waiting times for surgeries, enhancing efficiency and patient care.

• ORCAL cut average waiting times by 7.5 days overall, with grade 1 cases seeing a reduction of 12.3 days.
• Total operative days dropped from 521 to 417, while surgical time per day increased from 462.4 to 488.1 minutes.

This means better resource management and improved access for patients needing timely surgical interventions.

• The top machine learning model reduced date discrepancies to just 12.7 days, enhancing scheduling accuracy.