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A Machine Learning Approach for Monitoring and Classifying Healthcare Data—A Case of Emergency Department of KSA Hospitals

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  • Mahmoud Ragab

    (Information Technology Department, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
    Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Naser City, Cairo 11884, Egypt)

  • Faris Kateb

    (Information Technology Department, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia)

  • Mohammed W. Al-Rabia

    (Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
    Health Promotion Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia)

  • Diaa Hamed

    (Mineral Resources and Rocks Department, Faculty of Earth Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
    Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Naser City, Cairo 11884, Egypt)

  • Turki Althaqafi

    (Information Systems Department, HECI School, Dar Alhekma University, Jeddah 22246, Saudi Arabia)

  • Abdullah S. AL-Malaise AL-Ghamdi

    (Information Systems Department, HECI School, Dar Alhekma University, Jeddah 22246, Saudi Arabia
    Information Systems Department, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

The Emergency Departments (EDs), in hospitals located in a few important areas in Saudi Arabia, experience a heavy inflow of patients due to viral illnesses, pandemics, and even on a few special occasions events such as Hajj or Umrah, when pilgrims travel from one region to another with severe disease conditions. Apart from the EDs, it is critical to monitor the movements of patients from EDs to other wards inside the hospital or in the region. This is to track the spread of viral illnesses that require more attention. In this scenario, Machine Learning (ML) algorithms can be used to classify the data into many classes and track the target audience. The current research article presents a Machine Learning-based Medical Data Monitoring and Classification Model for the EDs of the KSA hospitals and is named MLMDMC-ED technique. The most important aim of the proposed MLMDMC-ED technique is to monitor and track the patient’s visits to the EDs, the treatment given to them based on the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS), and their Length Of Stay (LOS) in the hospital, based on their treatment requirements. A patient’s clinical history is crucial in terms of making decisions during health emergencies or pandemics. So, the data should be processed so that it can be classified and visualized in different formats using the ML technique. The current research work aims at extracting the textual features from the patients’ data using the metaheuristic Non-Defeatable Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA II). The data, collected from the hospitals, are classified using the Graph Convolutional Network (GCN) model. Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) is exploited for fine-tuning the parameters to optimize the performance of the GCN model. The proposed MLMDMC-ED technique was experimentally validated on the healthcare data and the outcomes indicated the improvements of the MLMDMC-ED technique over other models with a maximum accuracy of 91.87%.

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  • Mahmoud Ragab & Faris Kateb & Mohammed W. Al-Rabia & Diaa Hamed & Turki Althaqafi & Abdullah S. AL-Malaise AL-Ghamdi, 2023. "A Machine Learning Approach for Monitoring and Classifying Healthcare Data—A Case of Emergency Department of KSA Hospitals," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(6), pages 1-17, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:6:p:4794-:d:1091702
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