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Reducing Bottlenecks In Emergency Deparents
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 05, 2008 "Accurate forecasting will assist many areas of health management from basic bed management and staff resourcing to scheduling elective surgery - not to mention reducing stress for staff and improving patient outcomes," said Dr David Green, Director of Emergency Medicine at Gold Coast Hospital. Collaborating with clinicians from Gold Coast and Toowoomba Hospitals and Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology, The Australian e-Health Research Centre has developed a software package to assist hospital emergency medical staff predict demand on their services. The Patient Admission Prediction Tool (PAPT) will allow on-the-ground staff to see what the patient load will be like in the next hour, the rest of the day, into next week, or even on holidays with varying dates, such as Easter. "We've shown PAPT vastly improves successful prediction of patient presentation and admission in two hospitals with very different populations," said Dr David Hansen, Research Director of The Australian e-Health Research Centre. "Emergency deparents already know there's a pattern to presentations and admissions, but existing models are very simplistic. PAPT uses historical data to provide an accurate prediction of the expected load on any day," he added. The prototype PAPT package has a simple interface designed in consultation with those who will ultimately use it every day. "Over the next year we plan to assess and quantify the impact of using the forecasts", Dr Hansen said. The aim is to turn the prototype software package into a product that can be used through Queensland. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Engineers Create Bone That Blends Into Tendons
Atlanta GA (SPX) Sep 04, 2008Engineers at Georgia Tech have used skin cells to create artificial bones that mimic the ability of natural bone to blend into other tissues such as tendons or ligaments. |
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