Predicting Inpatient Falls Using Natural Language Processing of Nursing Records Obtained From Japanese Electronic Medical Records: Case-Control Study

BackgroundFalls in hospitals are the most common risk factor that affects the safety of inpatients and can result in severe harm. Therefore, preventing falls is one of the most important areas of risk management for health care organizations. However, existing methods for pre...

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Main Authors: Nakatani, Hayao, Nakao, Masatoshi, Uchiyama, Hidefumi, Toyoshiba, Hiroyoshi, Ochiai, Chikayuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2020-04-01
Series:JMIR Medical Informatics
Online Access:http://medinform.jmir.org/2020/4/e16970/