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| author | Vural, Orhun Ozaydin, Bunyamin Booth, James Lindsey, Brittany F. Ahmed, Abdulaziz |
| author_facet | Vural, Orhun Ozaydin, Bunyamin Booth, James Lindsey, Brittany F. Ahmed, Abdulaziz |
| contents | This study presents a deep learning-based framework for predicting emergency department (ED) boarding counts six hours in advance using only operational and contextual data, without patient-level information. Data from ED tracking systems, inpatient census, weather, holidays, and local events were aggregated hourly and processed with comprehensive feature engineering. The mean ED boarding count was 28.7 (standard deviation = 11.2). Multiple deep learning models, including ResNetPlus, TSTPlus, and TSiTPlus, were trained and optimized using Optuna, with TSTPlus achieving the best results (mean absolute error = 4.30, mean squared error = 29.47, R2 = 0.79). The framework accurately forecasted boarding counts, including during extreme periods, and demonstrated that broader input features improve predictive accuracy. This approach supports proactive hospital management and offers a practical method for mitigating ED overcrowding. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Deep Learning-Based Forecasting of Boarding Patient Counts to Address ED Overcrowding Vural, Orhun Ozaydin, Bunyamin Booth, James Lindsey, Brittany F. Ahmed, Abdulaziz Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 68T07 I.2.6; J.3 This study presents a deep learning-based framework for predicting emergency department (ED) boarding counts six hours in advance using only operational and contextual data, without patient-level information. Data from ED tracking systems, inpatient census, weather, holidays, and local events were aggregated hourly and processed with comprehensive feature engineering. The mean ED boarding count was 28.7 (standard deviation = 11.2). Multiple deep learning models, including ResNetPlus, TSTPlus, and TSiTPlus, were trained and optimized using Optuna, with TSTPlus achieving the best results (mean absolute error = 4.30, mean squared error = 29.47, R2 = 0.79). The framework accurately forecasted boarding counts, including during extreme periods, and demonstrated that broader input features improve predictive accuracy. This approach supports proactive hospital management and offers a practical method for mitigating ED overcrowding. |
| title | Deep Learning-Based Forecasting of Boarding Patient Counts to Address ED Overcrowding |
| topic | Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 68T07 I.2.6; J.3 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.14765 |