System and method for improving patient treatment

Abstract

Examples of the disclosure include a method of operating a patient-discharge-optimization system to improve medical outcomes, the method comprising: accessing, from memory and/or storage, historical patient flow information including a plurality of timestamped events for each of a plurality of patients; converting, by the discharge-optimization system, the historical patient flow information into standardized flow information having a standardized format defined by a plurality of standardized parameters; generating, by the discharge-optimization system, a plurality of models, each model indicating an effect of modifying at least one parameter of the standardized parameters for each of the patients; deriving, by the discharge-optimization system and based on the models, an optimal discharge histogram for one or more days; forecasting, based on the historical patient flow information, an anticipated future number of discharges for the day(s); deriving an optimal patient discharge timetable for the day(s); and providing the optimal patient discharge timetable to users.