AIMC Topic: Outpatients

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Robotic Approach to Outpatient Inguinal Hernia Repair.

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
BACKGROUND: Robotics offers improved ergonomics, visualization, instrument articulation, and tremor filtration. Disadvantages include startup cost and system breakdown. Surgeon education notwithstanding, we hypothesize that robotic inguinal hernia re...

Outpatient Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Are Patients Ready for Same-Day Discharge?

Journal of endourology
Several case series have demonstrated the safety and feasibility of outpatient robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in well-selected patients; however, the patient perspective of this practice has not been well explored. In this study, we exp...

Early short-term prediction of emergency department length of stay using natural language processing for low-acuity outpatients.

The American journal of emergency medicine
BACKGROUND: Low-acuity outpatients constitute the majority of emergency department (ED) patients, and these patients often experience an unpredictable length of stay (LOS). Effective LOS prediction might improve the quality of ED care and reduce ED c...

Big Data Analytics and Sensor-Enhanced Activity Management to Improve Effectiveness and Efficiency of Outpatient Medical Rehabilitation.

International journal of environmental research and public health
Numerous societal trends are compelling a transition from inpatient to outpatient venues of care for medical rehabilitation. While there are advantages to outpatient rehabilitation (e.g., lower cost, more relevant to home and community function), the...

Triaging ophthalmology outpatient referrals with machine learning: A pilot study.

Clinical & experimental ophthalmology
IMPORTANCE: Triaging of outpatient referrals to ophthalmology services is required for the maintenance of patient care and appropriate resource allocation. Machine learning (ML), in particular natural language processing, may be able to assist with t...