Enhancing Pressure Injury Surveillance Using Natural Language Processing.

Journal: Journal of patient safety
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the feasibility of nursing handoff notes to identify underreported hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) events.

Authors

  • Carly E Milliren
    Boston Children's Hospital, MA, USA.
  • Al Ozonoff
    Boston Children's Hospital, MA, USA.
  • Kerri A Fournier
    From the Institutional Centers for Clinical and Translational Research.
  • Jennifer Welcher
    Boston Children's Hospital, MA, USA.
  • Assaf Landschaft
  • 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.