What Can We Learn about Fall Risk Factors from EHR Nursing Notes? A Text Mining Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hospital falls are a continuing clinical concern, with over one million falls occurring each year in the United States. Annually, hospital-acquired falls result in an estimated $34 billion in direct medical costs. Falls are considered largely preventable and, as a result, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have announced that fall-related injuries are no longer a reimbursable hospital cost. While policies and practices have been implemented to reduce falls, little sustained reduction has been achieved. Little empirical evidence supports the validity of published fall risk factors. While chart abstraction has been used to operationalize risk factors, few studies have examined registered nurses' (RNs') narrative notes as a source of actionable data. Therefore

SUBMITTER: Bjarnadottir RI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6157016 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature