Prevention of medical errors

Applying Machine Learning to Workers' Compensation Data to Identify Industry-Specific Ergonomic and Safety Prevention Priorities: Ohio, 2001 to 2011.

OBJECTIVE: This study leveraged a state workers' compensation claims database and machine learning t...

Finger language recognition based on ensemble artificial neural network learning using armband EMG sensors.

BACKGROUND: Deaf people use sign or finger languages for communication, but these methods of communi...

Joint Dictionary Learning-Based Non-Negative Matrix Factorization for Voice Conversion to Improve Speech Intelligibility After Oral Surgery.

This paper focuses on machine learning based voice conversion (VC) techniques for improving the spe...

Infant Central Nervous System Aspergillosis with First-episode of Intracranial Hemorrhage: A case report.

RATIONALE: Central nervous system (CNS) aspergillosis has the characteristics of multifocality, poly...

Medical Image Data and Datasets in the Era of Machine Learning-Whitepaper from the 2016 C-MIMI Meeting Dataset Session.

At the first annual Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging (C-MIMI), held in Septembe...

Feasibility of using sphero in rehabilitation of children with autism in social and communication skills.

The majority of children with autism face difficulties in social interaction and communication skill...

Factors Associated with HIV Testing Among Participants from Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs in the US: A Machine Learning Approach.

HIV testing is the foundation for consolidated HIV treatment and prevention. In this study, we aim t...

Leveraging Event Reporting Through Knowledge Support: A Knowledge-Based Approach to Promoting Patient Fall Prevention.

Patient falls are a common safety event type that impairs the healthcare quality. Strategies includi...

Automating the Identification of Patient Safety Incident Reports Using Multi-Label Classification.

Automated identification provides an efficient way to categorize patient safety incidents. Previous ...

Evaluation of a Technology-Based Adaptive Learning and Prevention Program for Stress Response-A Randomized Controlled Trial.

To prevent deployment-related disorders, Chaos Driven Situations Management Retrieval System (CHARLY...

Multi-chip dataflow architecture for massive scale biophysically accurate neuron simulation.

State-of-the-art neuron simulators are capable of simulating at most few tens/hundreds of neurons in...

A mobile platform for automated screening of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and asthma each represent a large proportion of the glo...

Suicide Risk Assessment in Hospitals: An Expert System-Based Triage Tool.

BACKGROUND: The November 2010 Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert on the prevention of suicides in...

Major accident prevention through applying safety knowledge management approach.

OBJECTIVE: Many scattered resources of knowledge are available to use for chemical accident preventi...

Utilization of Communication Robot in Patient Education.

In Japan, the population is expected to decrease. Moreover, the proportion of elderly people living ...

Quorum Sensing of Periodontal Pathogens.

The term 'quorum sensing' describes intercellular bacterial communication which regulates bacterial ...

Comment to the letter: Prevention from port site metastasis.

Gist Representations and Communication of Risks about HIV-AIDS: A Fuzzy-Trace Theory Approach.

As predicted by fuzzy-trace theory, people with a range of training—from untrained adolescents to ex...

Classification of older adults with/without a fall history using machine learning methods.

Falling is a serious problem in an aged society such that assessment of the risk of falls for indivi...