Improving patient flow during infectious disease outbreaks using machine learning for real-time prediction of patient readiness for discharge.
Jennifer A BishopHamza A JavedRasheed El-BouriTingting ZhuThomas TaylorTim PetoPeter WatkinsonDavid W EyreDavid A CliftonPublished in: PloS one (2021)
We demonstrate the efficacy of machine learning methods at making operationally focused, next-day discharge readiness predictions for all individual patients in hospital at any given moment and propose a strategy for their use within a decision-support tool during crisis periods.