Apparatus, method and computer-readable storage medium for allocating operating rooms based on utilization rate by time period

An operating room allocation method performed by an operating room allocation apparatus, the operating room allocation method comprising:

• obtaining information about patient's entry and exit times in an operating room;
• calculating a utilization rate of the operating room for each certain time period based on the patient's entry and exit times;
• and
• receiving certain time information from a user and calculating an average utilization rate by time period in the received time information.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program, the non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon instructions executable by a processor to:

• obtain information about patient's entry and exit times in an operating room;
• calculate a utilization rate of the operating room for each certain time period based on the patient's entry and exit times;
• and
• receive certain time information from a user and calculate an average utilization rate by time period in the received time information.