Man vs Machine: The Value of Vestibular Testing in Dizzy Patient Triage for ENT

Session Description

Failures of care coordination and ineffective treatments waste more than US$175 billion in the USA alone. One of the most challenging problems is matching the right clinician to the right patient at the right time. Dizziness and vertigo exemplify this problem. Symptoms may be caused by illnesses that cross multiple medical specialties, requiring evaluations by well-coordinated teams of experts to achieve the best clinical outcomes. This study reviewed the first steps of a large project to automate and optimize scheduling of multi-disciplinary consultations for patients with dizziness at our center using machine learning techniques.