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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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It’s time to get real about artificial intelligence applied to our drug development and manufacturing outsourcing – practical supply-chain enhancements from AI-generated insights that can be implemented right now. A helpful source in this undertaking is Professor Tinglong Dai of Johns Hopkins University.
Your profile picture may play a significant role in whether you get hired for a job or not, a new study has found.
Zoom fatigue — the mental and physical strain of back-to-back video calls — became a major concern in 2020. For some workers, the challenges remain.
Applying to be a programmer? Better grab a pair of glasses. Different jobs favor certain looks, new research shows.
Data science in the technology industry is now a crucial component. To acquire new insights and knowledge, data scientists extract, analyze, and interpret data. Data science experts are now essential in today’s data-driven world, and companies and organizations greatly value their knowledge. Industry geniuses predict that looking at the current pace at which the demand for skilled data scientists has been soaring, the year 2024 is sure to experience an even higher surge in the quality talent pool in data science.
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