DocumentCode
1792256
Title
Emergency department crowding
Author
Barad, Miryam ; Hadas, Talma ; Yarom, Rony Ackerman ; Weisman, Hadar
Author_Institution
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Tel Aviv Univ., Ramat Aviv, Israel
fYear
2014
fDate
16-19 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
7
Abstract
Emergency department crowding is a significant international problem. The problem is on the edge of the emergency department and the departments where the patients will be subsequently admitted, provided they are not discharged. In this paper we present an analysis of the factors affecting waiting time in the emergency department of an eminent hospital in Israel as well as a suggested solution utilizing decision trees. The paper is based on the fourth year graduate project of a students´ team in the department of industrial engineering at Tel Aviv University.
Keywords
decision trees; emergency management; hospitals; Israel; Tel Aviv University; decision trees; emergency department crowding; eminent hospital; fourth year graduate project; industrial engineering; international problem; waiting time; Buildings; Decision trees; Discharges (electric); Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Time measurement; Emergency department; crowding; decision trees;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Emerging Technology and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location
Barcelona
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ETFA.2014.7005055
Filename
7005055
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