Patient Flow Evaluation with System Dynamic Model in an Emergency Department: Data Analytics on Daily Hospital Records

Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Congress on Big Data, BigData Congress 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 320-323

  Chong, Marc ^a,b   Wang, Maggie ^a,b   Lai, Xin ^a,b   Zee, Benny ^a,b   Hong, Fung ^a,b   Yeoh, Ek ^a   Wong, Eliza ^a   Yam, Carrie ^a   Chau, Patsy ^a   Tsoi, Kelvin ^a,b   Graham, Colin ^a  

^a Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

accident and emergency; emergency department; patient flow; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMERGENCY ROOMS; EMERGENCY SERVICES; HOSPITALS; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEM THEORY;

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT FLOW; SYSTEM DYNAMIC MODELS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELLING;

BIG DATA;

EID: 84959477930     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BigDataCongress.2015.54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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