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Computers match doctors in predicting patient discharges: A computer can do as good a job of predicting how many patients

Computers match doctors in predicting patient discharges: A computer can do as good a job of predicting how many patients will be discharged from a hospital unit on a given day as doctors and nurses can, according to new research from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and Johns Hopkins University. In some cases, the computer does even better.

Source: medicalxpress.com

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