Chapter 13: Machine learning for optimizing healthcare resources
Abdalrahman Tawhid; Tanya Teotia; Haytham Elmiligi Computing Science Department, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada
Abstract
Optimizing healthcare resources is a major goal for any healthcare administrator. The significance of such a goal becomes very clear during pandemics. Access to such resources at the right time affects the quality of healthcare services and provides alternative treatments that can save patients’ lives. Achieving this goal becomes more challenging when there are large number of patients who have chronic diseases. Machine learning algorithms provide a very promising solution that can help healthcare administrators make the right decision ...
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