Interaction patterns of trauma providers are associated with length of stay.

ABSTRACT: Background:Trauma-related hospitalizations drive a high percentage of health care expenditure and inpatient resource consumption, which is directly related to length of stay (LOS). Robust and reliable interactions among health care employees can reduce LOS. However, there is little known about whether certain patterns of interactions exist and how they relate to LOS and its variability. The objective of this study is to learn interaction patterns and quantify the relationship to LOS within a mature trauma system and long-standing electronic medical record (EMR). Methods:We adapted a spectral co-clustering methodology to infer the interaction patterns of health care employees based on the EMR of 5588 hospitalized adult trauma survivors. The relationship between interaction patterns and LOS

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6016682 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature