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ArticleJournal of patient safety2022

Using Community Detection Techniques to Identify Themes in COVID-19-Related Patient Safety Event Reports.

Christian Boxley, Seth Krevat, Srijan Sengupta, Raj Ratwani, Allan Fong

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Christian BoxleyFrom the National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, Medstar Health, Washington, District of Columbia.
Seth KrevatFrom the National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, Medstar Health, Washington, District of Columbia.
Srijan SenguptaNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Raj RatwaniFrom the National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, Medstar Health, Washington, District of Columbia.
Allan FongFrom the National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, Medstar Health, Washington, District of Columbia.

Funding

Collaborative Research: Statistical Algorithms for Anomaly Detection and Patterns Recognition in Patient Care and Safety Event ReportsR01LM013309 · NLM · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI FONG, ALLAN, SENGUPTA, SRIJAN · 2019 to 2021
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NLM NIH HHS R01 LM013309
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe COVID-19 pandemic has transformed how healthcare is delivered to patients. As the pandemic progresses and healthcare systems continue to adapt, it is important to understand how these changes in care have changed patient care. This study aims to use community detection techniques to identify and facilitate analysis of themes in patient safety event (PSE) reports to better understand COVID-19 pandemic's impact on patient safety. With this approach, we also seek to understand how community detection techniques can be used to better identify themes and extract information from PSE reports.

methodsWe used community detection techniques to group 2082 PSE reports from January 1, 2020, to January 31, 2021, that mentioned COVID-19 into 65 communities. We then grouped these communities into 8 clinically relevant themes for analysis.

resultsWe found the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with the following clinically relevant themes: (1) errors due to new and unknown COVID-19 protocols/workflows; (2) COVID-19 patients developing pressure ulcers; (3) unsuccessful/incomplete COVID-19 testing; (4) inadequate isolation of COVID-19 patients; (5) inappropriate/inadequate care for COVID-19 patients; (6) COVID-19 patient falls; (7) delays or errors communicating COVID-19 test results; and (8) COVID-19 patients developing venous thromboembolism.

conclusionsOur study begins the long process of understanding new challenges created by the pandemic and highlights how machine learning methods can be used to understand these and similar challenges. Using community detection techniques to analyze PSE reports and identify themes within them can help give healthcare systems the necessary information to improve patient safety and the quality of care they deliver.

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COVID-19COVID-19 TestingHumansPandemicsPatient SafetyResearch Report

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PMID36112536
PMCPMC9696685

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