Machine Learning Model for Forecasting Hospital Housekeeping Demand Using Discharge Predictions, Room Turnover History, Isolation Status, Environmental Cleaning Requirements, and Unit-Level Census Patterns

cirpublications.com-SPeK-1790883432-d790098110 1790883432 Clinical Intelligence Research Press info@cirpublications.com Clinical Intelligence Research Press Journal of Health Informatics and Digital Systems J. Health Inform. Digit. Syst. 3149-8973 2025 5 2 Machine Learning Model for Forecasting Hospital Housekeeping Demand Using Discharge Predictions, Room Turnover History, Isolation Status, Environmental Cleaning Requirements, and Unit-Level Census Patterns Samuel Boateng Kwesi Mensah Kojo Asante Linda Owusu 2025 10.68159/d790098110 https://cirpublications.com/pub/journal/2/article/d790098110 Acosta-Perez F, Boutilier J, Zayas-Caban G, Adelaine S, Liao F, Patterson B. Toward real-time discharge volume predictions in multisite health care systems: longitudinal observational study. J Med Internet Res. 2025;27:e63765. Bertsimas D, Pauphilet J, Stevens J, Tandon M. Predicting inpatient flow at a major hospital using interpretable analytics. Manuf Serv Oper Manag. 2022;24(6):2809-24. 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