Surveillance of Health Care-Associated Violence Using Natural Language Processing.

Journal: Pediatrics
PMID: 38973359

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Patient and family violent outbursts toward staff, caregivers, or through self-harm, have increased during the ongoing behavioral health crisis. These health care-associated violence (HAV) episodes are likely under-reported. We sought to assess the feasibility of using nursing notes to identify under-reported HAV episodes.

Authors

  • Mark Waltzman
    Boston Children's Hospital, MA, USA.
  • Al Ozonoff
    Boston Children's Hospital, MA, USA.
  • Kerri Ann Fournier
    Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Jennifer Welcher
    Boston Children's Hospital, MA, USA.
  • Carly Milliren
    Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Assaf Landschaft
  • Jonathan Bulis
    Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Amir A Kimia
    From the *Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital; †Children's Informatics Program; and ‡Boston Children's Hospital IT, and Department of Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA.

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