Patent ID: 8452615

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for managing operating-room resources in a hospital, including the steps of receiving at least one surgery request on a computer, identifying the resources required for surgery associated with the at least one surgery request, capturing initial data on availability of the resources required for surgery associated with each of the at least one surgery requests on said computer, capturing initial patient data for each of the at least one surgery requests on said computer, establishing a pre-scheduled operating-room plan based on an initial optimization performed on said computer, capturing current data on availability and location of one or more of the resources required for surgery associated with each of the at least one surgery requests on said computer, capturing current patient data for each of the at least one surgery requests on said computer, automatically detecting actual current location of one or more of said resources in real-time with a location monitoring system; capturing real-time data on deviations of at least one operating room related process from a pre-determined process path on said computer, where in the deviations include deviations automatically detected by means of said location monitoring system; and establishing a current operating-room plan based on a real time optimization performed on said computer.