Artificial Intelligence-Based Early Warning System for Detecting Hospital Supply Shortage Risk Using Procurement Logs, Consumption Rates, Vendor Delay Patterns, Procedure Forecasts, and Inventory Thresholds

cirpublications.com-J98Y-1790987357-q925280279 1790987357 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 2026 6 2 Artificial Intelligence-Based Early Warning System for Detecting Hospital Supply Shortage Risk Using Procurement Logs, Consumption Rates, Vendor Delay Patterns, Procedure Forecasts, and Inventory Thresholds Luca Bianchi Marco Rossi Giulia Romano 2026 10.68159/q925280279 https://cirpublications.com/pub/journal/2/article/q925280279 Pall R, Gauthier Y, Auer S, Mowaswes W. Predicting drug shortages using pharmacy data and machine learning. Health Care Manag Sci. 2023;26(3):395-411. Abu Zwaida T, Pham C, Beauregard Y. Optimization of inventory management to prevent drug shortages in the hospital supply chain. Appl Sci. 2021;11(6):2726. Liu I, Colmenares E, Tak C, Vest MH, Clark H, Oertel M, et al. 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