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Emergency department length-of-stay forecast

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Predicts expected length of stay per patient at triage so the ED can adjust staffing and bed allocation in near-real time.

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Clinical context
Clinical problem
Predict a future risk
Point of care
Triage
Nature of AI output
A risk score
Clinical specialty
Emergency medicine
Care setting
Emergency department
Patient population
Adults arriving at the emergency department.
Intended use
Predicts expected length of stay per patient at triage so the ED can adjust staffing and bed allocation in near-real time.
Technology
AI technique
Classical machine learning, Statistical model
Input data
Structured EHR data, Vital signs
Output type
Risk score
Autonomy level
Informs a human (advisory)
Model provenance
Built in-house
Model version
los-1.0
Built on a general-purpose model
No
Deployment
Status
Pilot
Country
Denmark
Deployment date
15 January 2025
Sites
1
Regulatory & governance
EU AI Act risk tier
Minimal risk
High-risk basis
Not applicable
Medical device
No
EU MDR class
Not a device
CE marking
Not required
FDA status
Not applicable
ISO 14971 risk class
Low
GDPR processing basis
Legitimate interest
GDPR DPIA
Not required
Data identifiability
Pseudonymised
Explainability method
Intrinsic
Human oversight model
Operations team treats the forecast as one input; admission decisions remain clinical.
NICE evidence standards
ESF tier
Tier A — system / service
Evidence category
Category 1
Performance summary
Headline metric
AUC / AUROC
Value
0.79
Subgroup performance assessed
No
Known bias signals

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Evidence records

Studies and evaluations attached to this use case.

  • Retrospective validation

    AUC / AUROC: 0.79

    Population: Three-year ED-admission cohort, 60k visits

Contributors

Deploying organisation
[demo] Aarhus University Hospital · Hospital / health system · Denmark
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