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Studies from Technical University Munchen reveal new findings on life sciences

Published in MD Week, September 25th, 2009

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Flexible shift scheduling of physicians.' According to a study from Munich, Germany, "This research addresses a shift scheduling problem in which physicians at a German university hospital are assigned to demand periods over a planning horizon that can extend up to several weeks. When performing the scheduling it is necessary to take into account a variety of legal and institutional constraints that are imposed by a national labor agreement, which governs all physicians in German university hospitals."

"Currently, most medical departments develop their staff schedules manually at great cost and time. To solve the problem, a...

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