Patent ID: 8738401

Claim:
A system for optimizing a schedule of at least one medical resource in at least one medical facility using a medical staff data set, the system comprising: a medical staff system comprising the medical staff data corresponding to at least one medical procedure being performed using the at least one medical resource in the at least one medical facility during a first time period, the data within the medical staff data set being indicative of a utilization of the at least one medical resource during the first time period; and a forecasting module in communication with said medical staff system, wherein said forecasting module is configured to: retrieve the medical staff data set from the medical staff system; convert data within the medical staff data set into a utilization data set corresponding to a historical demand for the at least one medical resource in the at least one medical facility during the first time period; determine a forecast factor using data within the utilization data set, the forecast factor corresponding to an expected demand for the at least one medical resource in the at least one medical facility during a second time period, the second time period being subsequent to the first time period; and generate a schedule for the at least one medical resource based on the determined forecast factor indicating when during the second time period the at least one medical resource is expected to be utilized.