Machine Learning Classification of Psychiatric Data Associated with Compensation Claims for Patient Injuries.

Journal: Methods of information in medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Adverse events are common in health care. In psychiatric treatment, compensation claims for patient injuries appear to be less common than in other medical specialties. The most common types of patient injury claims in psychiatry include diagnostic flaws, unprevented suicide, or coercive treatment deemed as unnecessary or harmful.

Authors

  • Martti Juhola
    Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
  • Tommi Nikkanen
    Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
  • Juho Niemi
    Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
  • Maiju Welling
    Patient Insurance Centre, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Olli Kampman
    Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.