An Information System Design for Emergency Department Overcrowding Assessment

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2018:250:150-151.

Abstract

This poster proposes an informatics report system designed to estimate the readiness of Emergency Departments (ED) to overcrowing and readiness of a real-time usage of medical response. This system can be installed with the applications on all kinds of electronic devices approved by the hospital. A automatically system generated electronic report can clearly and organized demonstrate the condition of ED, and offer the data to inform healthcare managers on decision making, and more importantly, improve the patient outcomes.

Keywords: Assessment tool; Emergency department overcrowding; Information system; Medical resources.

MeSH terms

  • Crowding*
  • Emergency Service, Hospital*
  • Hospital Information Systems*
  • Humans