A
system and method for automatically creating a
surgical team schedule is herein provided. Typical
surgical team participants may include nurses, vendor representatives, administrative and technical staff, doctors and other specialists such as anesthesiologists and surgeons. Optimal participation criteria may include individual staff location,
workload, vacation schedules, levels of skill, cost, etc. In addition, automatically managing and optimizing the supplies and medicines utilized in
surgical procedures may be achieved to insure and
monitor quality and
cost control. Accordingly, surgical administrators can track the precise cost and maintain absolute
quality control and the safety of each aspect of a surgical procedure. This is achieved by insuring that all the correct supplies and personnel are timely and locally assembled and available at the correct precise
surgical site, that the correct surgical procedure has been specified, and that the correct patient is verified as present on site prior to commencement of the procedure.