Overcrowding in the Emergency Department: Could a Patient-centred Mobile App Change This Paradigm?
| Affiliation auteurs | Affiliation ok |
| Titre | Overcrowding in the Emergency Department: Could a Patient-centred Mobile App Change This Paradigm? |
| Type de publication | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2020 |
| Auteurs | Margarido I, Alpha NKasonga, Junior N, Marin J |
| Editor | Xuesong Y, Fred A, Gamboa H |
| Conference Name | BIODEVICES: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES, VOL 1: BIODEVICES, 2020 |
| Publisher | SCITEPRESS |
| Conference Location | AV D MANUELL, 27A 2 ESQ, SETUBAL, 2910-595, PORTUGAL |
| ISBN Number | 978-989-758-398-8 |
| Mots-clés | Emergency department, Overcrowding, Self-Referral |
| Résumé | Overcrowding in the emergency department has been a growing worldwide problem. Some solutions have been put forth in the several points of the patient's path mostly in order to provide a more efficient flow of patients within the ED. We propose, in this paper, a mobile app that could integrate real-time information of patients, emergency departments, medical emergency teams and general practitioners. This could help scatter the non-linear flow of patients before they arrive and ultimately improve not only quality of care but also better patient outcomes. |
| DOI | 10.5220/0009365303630367 |