"The scheduling and coordination of patients and resources is inherently complex, due to the different pathways of the patient during the course of medical treatment," said Deborah Theobald, CEO of Vecna. "Because of the unpredictable nature of delivering care at a medical facility, schedules and resources must be managed dynamically in order to provide optimal services."

Current software systems for schedule and resource management in the market today do not perform well when they are in environments that changes frequently and are required to make constant updates. The proposed research will be to develop a new computerized system that makes adjustments dynamically. The core technology used for the research will implement genetic algorithms, a highly effective artificial intelligence tool for rapid learning and problem solving. There is strong commercial potential with this research, since dynamic scheduling and resource allocation is also a significant problem in areas other than health care.


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