Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for scheduling procedures in a hospital

A method, apparatus, and non-transitory, computer readable medium for scheduling a plurality of procedures in a hospital. The method interfaces with a network of the hospital to acquire resource information by monitoring a plurality of hospital resources, obtain procedure information, and access personnel information. The plurality of hospital resources includes a plurality of rooms and medical devices and the personnel information includes qualifications and working hours. The method further includes processing the resource information, procedure information, and personnel information to generate one or more hospital schedules using a model based on a predetermined parameter hierarchy and modified based on a hardness quotient. The hospital schedule assigns an at least one room, medical device, and personnel for each procedure. The method then ranks the hospital schedules and interfacing with the network of the hospital to electronically reserve the rooms and electronically prepare the medical devices based on a ranked hospital schedule.