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Machine learning in patient flow: a review [PDF]

Progress in Biomedical Engineering, 2021
Abstract This work is a review of the ways in which machine learning has been used in order to plan, improve or aid the problem of moving patients through healthcare services. We decompose the patient flow problem into four subcategories: prediction of demand on a healthcare institution, prediction of the demand and resource required to ...
El-Bouri, RE, Taylor, T, Youssef, A, Zhu, T, Clifton, DA   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Reducing Ambulance Diversion at Hospital and Regional Levels: Systemic Review of Insights from Simulation Models

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013
Introduction: Optimal solutions for reducing diversion without worsening emergency department (ED) crowding are unclear. We performed a systematic review of published simulation studies to identify: 1) the tradeoff between ambulance diversion and ED wait
M Kit Delgado, Lesley J Meng, Mary P Mercer, Jesse M Pines, Douglas K Owens, Gregory S Zaric   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Change in Patient Flow in the Epilepsy Care Network Due to Novel Coronavirus Infection: An Opportunity to Strengthen Local Interdisciplinary Epilepsy Care With General Physicians

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Introduction: Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is spreading worldwide.
Ayataka Fujimoto, Ayataka Fujimoto, Keishiro Sato, Keishiro Sato, Hideo Enoki, Hideo Enoki   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emergency department provider in triage: assessing site‐specific rationale, operational feasibility, and financial impact

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021
Emergency department (ED) crowding is recognized as a critical threat to patient safety, while sub‐optimal ED patient flow also contributes to reduced patient satisfaction and efficiency of care. Provider in triage (PIT) programs—which typically involve,
Brian J. Franklin, Kathleen Y. Li, David M. Somand, Keith E. Kocher, Steven L. Kronick, Vikas I. Parekh, Eric Goralnick, A. Tyler Nix, Nathan L. Haas   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of COVID-19 testing on length of hospital stay and patient flow in hospitals

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021
The CDC regularly updates guidance on COVID-19 testing for inpatients and hospital discharges to nursing homes and long-term care facilities. However, most long-term care facilities require a negative COVID-19 test result before accepting patients ...
Titilope Olanipekun
doaj   +1 more source

Association Between the Emergency Department Length of Stay and in-Hospital Mortality: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2023
Hadiki Habib,1– 3,* Mondastri Korib Sudaryo4,* 1Doctoral Program of Epidemiology, Epidemiology Department, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia; 2Emergency Unit, Dr.
Habib H, Sudaryo MK
doaj  

Overcrowding in emergency departments: A review of strategies to decrease future challenges

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2017
Emergency departments (EDs) are the most challenging ward with respect to patient delay. The goal of this study is to present strategies that have proven to reduce delay and overcrowding in EDs.
Mohammad H Yarmohammadian, Fatemeh Rezaei, Abbas Haghshenas, Nahid Tavakoli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Arrival time pattern and waiting time distribution of patients in the emergency outpatient department of a tertiary level health care institution of North India

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2014
Background: Emergency Department (ED) of tertiary health care institute in India is mostly overcrowded, over utilized and inappropriately staffed.
Yogesh Tiwari, Sonu Goel, Amarjeet Singh
doaj   +1 more source

Patient flow in emergency departments: a comprehensive umbrella review of solutions and challenges across the health system

BMC Health Services Research
Globally, emergency departments (EDs) are overcrowded and unable to meet an ever-increasing demand for care. The aim of this study is to comprehensively review and synthesise literature on potential solutions and challenges throughout the entire health ...
Mahnaz Samadbeik, A. Staib, Justin R. Boyle, Sankalp Khanna, E. Bosley, D. Bodnar, James F Lind, Jodie Austin, S. Tanner, Yasaman Meshkat, B. de Courten, Clair Sullivan   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Patient flows: runners, specials and strangers [PDF]

Joints, 2015
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openaire   +3 more sources