Emergency departments (EDs) are one of the main entry points of a hospital, offering non-
stop healthcare services to patients with various needs. ED crowding is considered a major …

The most commonly used techniques for addressing each Emergency Department (ED)
problem (overcrowding, prolonged waiting time, extended length of stay, excessive patient …

Electrocardiogram (ECG) are the physiological signals and a standard test to measure the
heart's electrical activity that depicts the movement of cardiac muscles. A review study has …

The concept of Digital Twin (DT) seems promising to improve the management of patient
pathways in Emergency Departments (EDs). This article proposes an agent-based …

Background Resource allocation in patient care relies heavily on individual judgements of
healthcare professionals. Such professionals perform coordinating functions by managing …

The difficulty that hospital management has been experiencing over the past decade in
balancing demand and capacity needs is unprecedented in the United Kingdom. Due to a …

The efficient scheduling of resources within emergency departments (EDs) is crucial to
minimizing patient length of stay (LoS) times and maximizing the utilization of limited …

Abstract Background and Objective: The agent abstraction is a powerful one, developed
decades ago to represent crucial aspects of artificial intelligence research. The meaning has …

Healthcare sectors face multiple threats, and the hospital emergency department (ED) is one
of the most crucial hospital areas. ED plays a key role in promoting hospitals' goals of …

Clinical pathways are used to guide clinicians to provide a standardised delivery of care.
Because of their standardisation, the aim of clinical pathways is to reduce variation in both …