BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026
Optimized explainable AI and digital twin for patient flow improvement in ICU during respiratory epidemics.
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Ortiz-Barrios Miguel, Arias-Fonseca Sebastián, Celani de Souza Helder Jose, Torres-Avila Jose F, Maldonado-Olea Ana, Ángel-Gaviria Isidro J, Parodi-Camano Tobías A, Ayala Ruiz Omar, Sarao-Cruz Lorena Del Jesus, Sánchez-Bolívar Martha María
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BACKGROUND: Respiratory epidemics often place substantial pressure on intensive care units (ICU), which are continuously challenged to managing acute and life-threatening conditions under unpredictable workloads. During these periods, ICUs usually exhibit inefficient patient flows, treatment delays, and critical resource shortages. Proactive decision-making and precise interventions are therefore pivotal for patient survival and minimizing long-term sequelae.
METHODS: This paper proposes a robust approach combining Artificial Intelligence (AI), Bayesian Optimization, and Digital Twin (DT) to support ICU patient flow management. An eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) algorithm is used to predict the patient transfer probability from the emergency department (ED) to the ICU within the next 24 h. Bayesian optimization is employed for efficient hyperparameter tuning of the XGBoost model. Then, the transfer predictions are inserted into a DT to verify ICU capacity for timely care and design interventions for process mismatches.
RESULTS: A case study from a European healthcare group validates the proposed approach. The specificity of the prediction XGBoost model was 94.90% (CI 95% 91.72% - 97.11%), whereas the sensitivity was 81.55% (CI 95% 72.70% - 88.51%). Finally, the median ICU bed waiting time decreased to between 66.74 and 69.38 h after implementing a patient transfer policy with a partner hospital having available ICU beds.
CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates the effectiveness of AI-DT in predicting the probability of ICU transfers, assessing the operational response of emergency wards and intensive care units, and crafting practical scenarios for enhancing patient flow management.
METHODS: This paper proposes a robust approach combining Artificial Intelligence (AI), Bayesian Optimization, and Digital Twin (DT) to support ICU patient flow management. An eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) algorithm is used to predict the patient transfer probability from the emergency department (ED) to the ICU within the next 24 h. Bayesian optimization is employed for efficient hyperparameter tuning of the XGBoost model. Then, the transfer predictions are inserted into a DT to verify ICU capacity for timely care and design interventions for process mismatches.
RESULTS: A case study from a European healthcare group validates the proposed approach. The specificity of the prediction XGBoost model was 94.90% (CI 95% 91.72% - 97.11%), whereas the sensitivity was 81.55% (CI 95% 72.70% - 88.51%). Finally, the median ICU bed waiting time decreased to between 66.74 and 69.38 h after implementing a patient transfer policy with a partner hospital having available ICU beds.
CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates the effectiveness of AI-DT in predicting the probability of ICU transfers, assessing the operational response of emergency wards and intensive care units, and crafting practical scenarios for enhancing patient flow management.