Predicting pressure injury using nursing assessment phenotypes and machine learning methods.
Pressure injuries are common and serious complications for hospitalized patients. The pressure injury rate is an important patient safety metric and an indicator of the quality of nursing care. Timely and accurate prediction of pressure injury risk can significantly facilitate early prevention and treatment and avoid adverse outcomes. While many pressure injury risk assessment tools exist, most were developed before there was access to large clinical datasets and advanced statistical [...]
Author(s): Song, Wenyu, Kang, Min-Jeoung, Zhang, Linying, Jung, Wonkyung, Song, Jiyoun, Bates, David W, Dykes, Patricia C
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa336