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Area of Science:

  • Medical Diagnostics
  • Laboratory Medicine
  • Health Informatics

Background:

  • Turnaround time (TAT) is a critical performance metric for medical diagnostic laboratories.
  • Accurate TAT prediction is essential for proactive management of delays and efficient healthcare resource allocation.
  • Focusing on the automated pre-analytical and analytical phases is key to improving TAT.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a predictive model for laboratory turnaround time (TAT).
  • To identify key features influencing TAT in the pre-analytical and analytical phases.
  • To enhance laboratory efficiency and healthcare planning through accurate TAT prediction.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a dataset of 90,543 clinical chemistry samples.
  • Analyzed 39 features, including priority level and stage-specific workloads.
  • Employed PyCaret to compare regression models, including Extra Trees (ET) Regressor, Ridge Regression, and K Neighbors Regressor.
  • Evaluated models using relative residual and SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) values.

Main Results:

  • The Extra Trees (ET) Regressor model demonstrated superior performance with an R² of 0.63, MAE of 2.42 min, and MAPE of 7.35%.
  • The average TAT was 30.09 minutes, with 77% of samples having a relative residual error of ≤10%.
  • SHAP analysis revealed that pre-analysis workload and the number of modules visited were the primary drivers of TAT.

Conclusions:

  • The ET Regressor model provides accurate TAT predictions for medical laboratories.
  • Identified key TAT influencers enable laboratories to take timely actions on prolonged testing.
  • Improved TAT prediction enhances healthcare provider planning and overall healthcare efficiency.