Impact of Announced Wait Time Information on Emergency Department Overcrowding Mitigation: A Simulation Study
Published in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 33 (6), 1112–1120, 2026
We use a data-calibrated simulation model to examine how prediction accuracy, update frequency, and patient adoption rates affect emergency-department overcrowding mitigation.
Recommended citation: Chengye Zou, Yiran Zhang, Huiyin Ouyang and Zhankun Sun (2026). "Impact of Announced Wait Time Information on Emergency Department Overcrowding Mitigation: A Simulation Study." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 33 (6), 1112–1120. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocag036
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