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[Modified overcrowd index in emergency room].

Carlos Polanco-González¹, Jorge Alberto Castañón-González, Thomas Buhse

¹Subdirección de Epidemiología Hospitalaria y Control de Calidad de la Atención Médica, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, D.F. polanco@unam.mx.

Gaceta Medica De Mexico

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The modified overcrowd index effectively detects emergency room overcrowding in real-time. This system accurately identifies 97% of overcrowding episodes across a hospital network, improving patient care efficiency.

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Emergency Medicine
Health Informatics
Computational Epidemiology

Context:

Emergency room overcrowding significantly impacts healthcare efficiency and patient care quality.
Real-time monitoring systems are crucial for managing hospital resources effectively.
Existing methods for assessing emergency department (ED) saturation often lack real-time capabilities.

Purpose:

To introduce a novel mathematical-computational system, the modified overcrowd index, for real-time ED saturation measurement.
To establish a four-level warning system (non-crowded, crowded, overcrowded, extreme overcrowded) for ED capacity.
To utilize seven simple variables for comprehensive ED status assessment.

Summary:

The modified overcrowd index was developed to quantify ED saturation in real-time using seven key variables.
The system was rigorously tested with over 245,000 virtual transactions across seven hospitals over four years.
The index demonstrated high accuracy, correctly identifying 97% of 224 observed overcrowding episodes.

Impact:

The modified overcrowd index serves as an efficient tool for detecting and managing ED overcrowding outbreaks.
Real-time alerts enable proactive resource allocation and improved patient flow within hospital networks.
This system has the potential to enhance overall hospital operational efficiency and the quality of emergency medical care.