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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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Score a win in Alabama for the Voting Rights Act. Last week, Alabama finally received confirmation that its congressional districts will need to be redrawn. This comes after the current districts were found to dilute the voting strength of Black Alabamians, in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA).
When I was a boy, my father was my hero. He could do nothing wrong. What he said was always right, and what he did had no fault. At night, when my father would make his nightly rounds, saying good night to each of his children, I, the only boy of three, was the last to be visited by him and received the most time and attention. These times still stick in my mind, after more than 50 years.
New technology, analytical tools and shared data with suppliers are aimed at making merchants more agile in how they handle inventories
Years of concerns by government and policy officials over the use of fake images, audio and videos in election cycles got a spotlight this past week after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign dabbled in manipulated media.
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