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In most emergency departments, beds are a hot commodity. But some patients don’t actually need a bed for their treatment – and accurately identifying those people is a low-lift but effective way to increase efficiency without sacrificing care quality, finds a study recently published in the journal Management Science.
The researchers developed a simple decision tree, informed by mathematical and machine learning models, to help staff decide whether a patient truly needs a bed or can be routed to a “vertical processing pathway” – that is, an area where they can be treated sitting up. Many hospitals already have such an area but don’t necessarily have a systematic way to decide which patients are treated there.
American teenagers start their school day too early.
Medical experts have been clear for years: sleep cycle changes during puberty make it hard for teenagers to learn in the early morning. Later school start times have been linked to better sleep, improved mental health, stronger academic performance and even safer driving.
Most school district leaders know about this problem and care about fixing it. But changing the schedule can feel operationally impossible.
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After Meghan Grogan’s son, Max, was recently diagnosed with RSV, doctors at an urgent care center also found that the congested 11-month-old boy had developed infections in both ears.
President Biden and China’s President Xi shook hands on Nov. 14 for the first time since Biden became U.S. president. This in-person meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit meeting dialed down the tension and may prevent a new cold war between both countries. At least for now.
Behind almost every product sold is a supply chain struggling with harm to and exclusion of women, despite evidence showing that advancing gender equality improves business and human outcomes.
People with certain conditions, such as diabetes or high blood pressure, are often advised to improve their diets to control symptoms and deter progression of their ailments. But many find themselves unable or unwilling to follow a rigid “one-size-fits-all” nutrition plan recommended by their doctors because those approaches do not always take into account patients’ food preferences and habits.
RFID has long been a useful tool for better supply chain management. It still is. While RFID is a comparatively older technology, industry analysts predict RFID use in the supply chain will keep growing.
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