Improving Hospital Process Management through Process Mining: A Case Study on COVID-19 Clinical Pathways

This is a preprint (submitted version) of a paper accepted for publication and presentation at WorldCIST 2026. This version has not undergone post-acceptance improvements, copy-editing, or typesetting. The Version of Record will be published in *Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems* (Springer Nature). The final authenticated version will be available via its DOI. We acknowledge financial support under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.1, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, Project “aRtificial intElligence for Process Analytics (REPA)” – Grant Assignment Decree No. 2022CJWPNA (CUP Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro H53C24000960006; CUP UNITELMA I53C24002420006), funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR).