Methods and systems for predicting delays in emergency department workflow

A method for providing a delay prediction for emergency department (ED) workflow, comprising:

• receiving, via a graphical user interface, a generated predicted delay in ED workflow and one or more recommendations for preventing or alleviating the generated predicted delay in ED workflow, wherein the predicted delay in ED workflow and one or more recommendations are generated by:
• receiving, from an electronic medical record database, patient information about one or more patients in the ED;
• receiving, from an ED workflow database, (i) patient flow information comprising data about patient flow in the ED including information about execution of one or more past, current, and/or future workflow tasks for the one or more patients in the ED and (ii) one or more parameters for both resources utilized in workflow task execution and target time for workflow task execution;
• receiving, from a resources database, resource information comprising data about resources for the ED;
• analyzing, with a trained workflow delay prediction algorithm, the received patient information, received patient flow information, received one or more parameters, and received resource information, to generate (i) a predicted delay in ED workflow and (ii) one or more recommendations for preventing or alleviating the generated predicted delay in ED workflow;
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• administering the one or more recommendations to prevent or alleviate the generated predicted delay in ED workflow.

A system for providing a delay prediction for emergency department (ED) workflow, comprising:

• an electronic medical record database comprising patient information about one or more patients in the ED;
• an ED workflow database comprising:
• (i) patient flow information comprising data about patient flow in the ED including information about execution of one or more past, current, and/or future workflow tasks for the one or more patients in the ED and (ii) one or more parameters for both resources utilized in workflow task execution and target time for workflow task execution;
• a resources database comprising resource information comprising data about resources for the ED;
• a trained workflow delay prediction algorithm;
• a processor configured to:
• (i) receive patient information, patient flow information, one or more parameters, and resource information;
• (ii) analyze, using the trained workflow delay prediction algorithm, the received patient information, received patient flow information, received one or more parameters, and received resource information, to generate a predicted delay in one or more of the current or future workflow tasks for the one or more patients, wherein the generated predicted delay is a department-level delay or a patient-level delay;
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• a user interface configured to provide the generated predicted delay.