severity index
Leveraging graph neural networks for supporting Automatic Triage of Patients
Defilippo, Annamaria, Veltri, Pierangelo, Lio', Pietro, Guzzi, Pietro Hiram
Patient triage plays a crucial role in emergency departments, ensuring timely and appropriate care based on correctly evaluating the emergency grade of patient conditions. Triage methods are generally performed by human operator based on her own experience and information that are gathered from the patient management process. Thus, it is a process that can generate errors in emergencylevel associations. Recently, Traditional triage methods heavily rely on human decisions, which can be subjective and prone to errors. Recently, a growing interest has been focused on leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to develop algorithms able to maximize information gathering and minimize errors in patient triage processing. We define and implement an AI-based module to manage patients' emergency code assignments in emergency departments. It uses emergency department historical data to train the medical decision process. Data containing relevant patient information, such as vital signs, symptoms, and medical history, are used to accurately classify patients into triage categories. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm achieved high accuracy outperforming traditional triage methods. By using the proposed method we claim that healthcare professionals can predict severity index to guide patient management processing and resource allocation. Emergency department (ED) management faces a significant challenge in managing the influx of people.
Applying Bayesian Ridge Regression AI Modeling in Virus Severity Prediction
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool for reshaping healthcare systems. In healthcare, AI is invaluable for its capacity to manage vast amounts of data, which can lead to more accurate and speedy diagnoses, ultimately easing the workload on healthcare professionals. As a result, AI has proven itself to be a power tool across various industries, simplifying complex tasks and pattern recognition that would otherwise be overwhelming for humans or traditional computer algorithms. In this paper, we review the strengths and weaknesses of Bayesian Ridge Regression, an AI model that can be used to bring cutting edge virus analysis to healthcare professionals around the world. The model's accuracy assessment revealed promising results, with room for improvement primarily related to data organization. In addition, the severity index serves as a valuable tool to gain a broad overview of patient care needs, aligning with healthcare professionals' preference for broader categorizations.