Criticality and clinical department prediction of ED patients using machine learning based on heterogeneous medical data.

Journal: Computers in biology and medicine
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Abstract

PROBLEM: Emergency triage faces multiple challenges, including limited medical resources and inadequate manual triage nurses, which cause incorrect triage, overcrowding in the emergency department (ED), and long patient waiting time.

Authors

  • Yi Xiao
    Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P. R. China.
  • Jun Zhang
    First School of Clinical Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
  • Cheng Chi
    Department of Emergency, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, 100044, China.
  • Yuqing Ma
  • Aiguo Song
    School of Instrument Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, P.R. China.