David Gilad MD MhD, Tzofnat Farbstein-Aljanati MD, Arnon Afek MD MHA, Itai M. Pessach MD PhD, Moshe Ashkenazi MD MBA
The escalating complexity of healthcare delivery underscores the demand for digital transformation in medicine. Among impactful innovations, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven scheduling solutions are being developed and deployed [1].
Safra Children’s Hospital at Sheba Medical Center is Israel’s first medical institution to implement an AI-powered scheduling platform (Equina Scheduling: https://www.equinascheduling.com/). Equina was selected for its capacity to handle the complex, rule-based environment of a training program in a tertiary pediatric hospital. Comprising approximately 70 residents, our pediatric residency program is among the nation's largest. The program manages approximately 1500 monthly shifts, encompassing 49 distinct service shifts, 22 diverse training shifts, and more than 20 different block rotations.