A Study of Healthcare Team Communication Networks using Visual Analytics.

Journal: Proceedings of the 2023 7th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics (ICMHI 2023) : May 12-14, 2023, Kyoto, Japan. International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics (7th : 2023 : Kyoto, Japan)
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Abstract

Cooperation among teams or individuals of healthcare professionals (HCPs) is one of the crucial factors towards patients' survival outcome. However, it is challenging to uncover and understand such factors in the complex Multiteam System (MTS) communication networks representing daily HCP cooperation. In this paper, we present a study on MTS communication networks constructed with real-world cancer patients' Electronic Health Record (EHR) access logs. We adopt a visual analytics workflow to extract associations between semantic characteristics of MTS communication networks and the patients' survival outcomes. The workflow consists of a phase to classify the data based on the chosen input and output attributes, a phase to produce a simplified set of results for examination, and finally an phase conducted by the user through an interactive visualization interface. We provide the insights found using this workflow with two case studies and an expert interview.

Authors

  • Hsiao-Ying Lu
    University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
  • Yiran Li
    University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
  • Brittany Garcia
    UC Davis Health, Sacramento, USA.
  • Shin-Ping Tu
    UC Davis Health, Sacramento, USA.
  • Kwan-Liu Ma
    University of California at Davis, Davis, USA.

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