Are disparities in emergency department imaging exacerbated during high-volume periods?

AI-Driven Emergency Patient Flow Optimization is Both an Unmissable Opportunity and a Risk of Systematizing Health Disparities

“…A study found that ethnicity and insurance status were associated with being passed over by another patient with the same or lower triage score, with no such link found with sex (Sangal et al 2023). Similarly, significant disparities in patient flow acceleration/deceleration based on racial, gender, age, and insurance status were revealed (Sharperson et al 2023). Patients from more disadvantaged areas experienced slightly longer waits during the ED care pathway (Turner et al 2022).…”