Research & Publications

New technology will fundamentally change the way inpatient care works over the next few years. We therefore research artificial intelligence for clinical processes actively, build our own models, which we reconstruct, measure and predict from real-time data – and validate them together with hospitals and research partners on real data.

Part of this work happens in collaboration: we provide data and infrastructure, supervise bachelor's, master's and doctoral theses, and work with international research networks. The work listed below came out of that, or places the field in its scientific context.

Completed Publications

Journal 2025

Optimierung der OP-Prozesse – smart gestaltet

Grabow, S.

Practice report from LMU Klinikum Munich: a digital assistant for OR management reduces delays in the operating room – and shows that what matters most are the people in day-to-day OR work.

Journal 2023

Next-Level-Prozess- und Patientensteuerung im OP – Schritt für Schritt

Giese, J., Palan, N.

How UKSH introduces digitally supported process and patient management in the OR step by step – from the starting point to routine operation.

Journal 2025

Digitale Assistenz im OP

Giese, J.

Overview of digital assistance systems in day-to-day OR work and the demands they place on organization and teams.

Theses & Further Research

Master Thesis 2025

Data Science zur Optimierung des Perioperativen Prozesses

Hort, A. · TH Rosenheim, Informatik

Master's thesis on the data-driven analysis and optimization of the perioperative process at LMU Klinikum Großhadern.

Conducted in cooperation with sqior medical GmbH

Master Thesis 2024

A change management perspective on implementing a digital assistant for optimization of operation room management in a university hospital in Munich – a qualitative analysis

Kloyer, M. · University of Oslo, Health Management and Health Economics

Master's thesis with a qualitative analysis of the change processes involved in introducing a digital assistant for OR management at a Munich university hospital.

Conducted in cooperation with sqior medical GmbH

External 2026

Patientensicherheit im Operationssaal

Szabó, A.K., Flemming, S. · Die Chirurgie

Review article on patient safety in the operating room.

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External 2025

Applying Large Language Models for Surgical Case Length Prediction

Ramamurthi, A., Neupane, B., Deshpande, P., et al. · JAMA Surgery

Retrospective study of more than 125,000 elective cases: how accurately do large language models predict surgical case length from unstructured clinical data, compared with established estimation methods?

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External 2025

Development of Predictive Model of Surgical Case Durations Using Machine Learning Approach

Park, J., Roh, G., Kim, K., Kim, H. · Journal of Medical Systems

Department-specific random forest models for predicting surgical case durations, benchmarked against methods such as XGBoost, LightGBM and CatBoost.

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External 2026

Operating room performance metrics of anesthesia and surgery duration: a descriptive analysis of emergency surgical cases

Yu, H., Yuan, Y., Zhang, Y., et al. · BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Descriptive analysis of anesthesia and surgery durations in emergency cases as a basis for operating room performance metrics.

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External 2025

Development and validation of an artificial intelligence system for surgical case length prediction

Ramamurthi, A., Neupane, B., Deshpande, P., et al. · Surgery

Development and validation of an AI system for predicting surgical case length.

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