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Developing an emergency department crowding dashboard: A design science approach
Niels Martin1, Jochen Bergs1, Dorien Eerdekens1
1Hasselt University, Belgium.
Background:
As an emergency department (ED) is a complex adaptive system, the analysis of continuously gathered data is valuable to gain insight in the real-time patient flow. To support the analysis and management of ED operations, relevant data should be provided in an intuitive way.
Aim:
Within this context, this paper outlines the development of a dashboard which provides real-time information regarding ED crowding.
Methods:
The research project underlying this paper follows the principles of design science research, which involves the development and study of artifacts which aim to solve a generic problem. To determine the crowding indicators that are desired in the dashboard, a modified Delphi study is used. The dashboard is implemented using the open source Shinydashboard package in R.
Results:
A dashboard is developed containing the desired crowding indicators, together with general patient flow characteristics. It is demonstrated using a dataset of a Flemish ED and fulfills the requirements which are defined a priori.
Conclusions:
The developed dashboard provides real-time information on ED crowding. This information enables ED staff to judge whether corrective actions are required in an effort to avoid the adverse effects of ED crowding.
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