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Published February 2017

Screening electronic health record–related patient safety reports using machine learning.

Marella WM, Sparnon E, Finley E. J Patient Saf. 2017;13:31-36.

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Resource Type
- Journal Article
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Approach to Improving Safety
- Error Reporting
- Electronic Health Records
Setting of Care
- Hospitals
Clinical Area
- Medicine
Target Audience
- Facility and Group Administrators
- Information Professionals
Error Types
- Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events
Origin/Sponsor
- United States of America

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Marella WM ; Sparnon E ; Finley E.Screening electronic health record–related patient safety reports using machine learning. J Patient Saf. 2017; 13: 31-36

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Voluntary error reporting systems are an important part of safety improvement programs, but difficulty in analyzing error reports has limited their utility. This study described the development of a machine learning algorithm to analyze free-text data in incident reports. The algorithm proved to be accurate in classifying events when compared to manual review.

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