Developing a similarity searching module for patient safety event reporting system using semantic similarity measures

Abstract Background The most important knowledge in the field of patient safety is regarding the prevention and reduction of patient safety events (PSE) during treatment and care. The similarities and patterns among the events may otherwise go unnoticed if they are not properly reported and analyzed...

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Main Authors: Hong Kang, Yang Gong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-017-0467-8