Children with single-gene and chromosomal disorders (category I-A) had an average hospital stay (7.1 d) that was twice as long as the 3.5-d average stay for children without any preexisting chronic medical disorder (category V). All of the other genetic categories also had average lengths ...
Study 1 did not include information regarding outside hospital utilization; this was addressed by adding limited outside records review to the consent process for study 2: adding information from surrounding hospitals in study 2 did not change the primary outcomes, but billing data was unavailable ...
Assessment of violence risk is a problem that causes a high burden for both patient and hospital staff. It has been described well in psychiatry literature, but has never been approached by applying machine learning techniques to EHR data. Related Work Applications of Deep Learning methods to the...
To decrease diagnostic discrepancy, it would be necessary for unit CLP teams to provide support through proactive rather than reactive patient search, ongoing training of general hospital staff and a reduction in the stigma of inpatient mental health problems [72,73,74]. Another finding that we ob...
Quality-improvement initiatives have been undertaken in a hospital under Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (UK) to minimise the incidence of inpatient falls [14]. The benefits have also been observed in the form of fewer fall-related complaints, some reduction in the length of stay, a ...