A network-enabled platform for reducing hospital emergency department waiting times using an RFID proximity location system

Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Systems Engineering, ICSEng 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 538-543

  Sanders, D ^a   Mukhi, S ^a   Laskowski, M ^b   Khan, M ^b   Podaima, B W ^b   McLeod, R D ^b  

^a Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL SETTINGS; DATA COLLECTIONS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; QUEUING PARAMETERS; REAL-TIME LOCATION; SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE; VALUE-ADDED INFORMATION; WAITING TIMES;

AGGLOMERATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; EMERGENCY ROOMS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SERVICES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 53549104151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSEng.2008.27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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