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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technology and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2014.7005055
