Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Departments to Improve Wait Times: Protocol for an Integrative Living Review

Bahareh Ahmadzadeh   ¹ , BSc, MSc ;   Christopher Patey   ^{2, 3} , MD ;   Oliver Hurley   ¹ , BSc, MEnvSc ;   John Knight   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Paul Norman   ² , BN ;   Alison Farrell   ⁶ , MLIS ;   Stephen Czarnuch   ^{7, 8} , PEng, PhD ;   Shabnam Asghari   ¹ , MPH, MD, PhD

¹ Centre for Rural Health Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada

² Eastern Health, Carbonear Institute for Rural Reach and Innovation by the Sea, Carbonear General Hospital, Carbonear, NL, Canada

³ Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada

⁴ Data and Information Services, Digital Health, NL Health Services, St. John’s, NL, Canada

⁵ Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada

⁶ Health Sciences Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada

⁷ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada

⁸ Discipline of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada