Social Network Analysis of Secure Text Messaging Metadata During Clinical Deterioration in an Inpatient Children's Hospital Setting.

ABSTRACT: Mitigating clinical deterioration relies upon recognition (afferent limb) and interventions (efferent limb) by a healthcare team. Healthcare provider (HP) communication by text messaging plays a role in facilitating both limbs in the inpatient setting. We sought to quantitatively characterize healthcare provider team communications through the social network analysis (SNA) of secure text messages exchanged in the inpatient setting, and as they relate to a subgroup of patients demonstrating a deterioration during their hospitalization. Messages linked to inpatients exchanged between HPs over a 12-month period, including a cohort of messages linked to patients experiencing deterioration were analyzed using SNA. Subnetworks corresponding to individual patient encounters were constructed, incl

SUBMITTER: Smith AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12449403 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature