Overcrowding in the Emergency Department: Could a Patient-centred Mobile App Change This Paradigm?

Inês Margarido, Ntumba Kasonga Alpha, Nduami Junior, Jan Marin

2020

Abstract

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.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Margarido I., Alpha N., Junior N. and Marin J. (2020). Overcrowding in the Emergency Department: Could a Patient-centred Mobile App Change This Paradigm?. In Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: ClinMed, ISBN 978-989-758-398-8, pages 363-367. DOI: 10.5220/0009365303630367

in Bibtex Style

@conference{clinmed20,
author={Inês Margarido and Ntumba Alpha and Nduami Junior and Jan Marin},
title={Overcrowding in the Emergency Department: Could a Patient-centred Mobile App Change This Paradigm?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: ClinMed,},
year={2020},
pages={363-367},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009365303630367},
isbn={978-989-758-398-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: ClinMed,
TI - Overcrowding in the Emergency Department: Could a Patient-centred Mobile App Change This Paradigm?
SN - 978-989-758-398-8
AU - Margarido I.
AU - Alpha N.
AU - Junior N.
AU - Marin J.
PY - 2020
SP - 363
EP - 367
DO - 10.5220/0009365303630367