Title :
Bayesian Belief Network Model of the Radical Prostatectomy Pathway
Author :
Michalowski, Wojtek ; Wilk, Szymon ; Thijssen, Anthony ; Li, Mingmei
Author_Institution :
University of Ottawa
Abstract :
A clinical pathway represents sequencing and timing of interventions by clinicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals for a particular clinical presentation. It is designed to minimize delays and resource utilizations and to maximize the quality of tertiary care. A pathway is used to monitor and control patient’s progress that is measured according to standard process and clinical outcomes. We conducted a retrospective chart study and used the Bayesian belief network (BBN) to model a pathway for radical prostatectomy that was developed at The Ottawa Hospital — Civic Campus, and to predict the patient’s length of stay (LOS) given the deviations from pre-determined course of action.
Keywords :
Bayesian methods; Delay; Hospitals; Measurement standards; Medical services; Medical treatment; Patient monitoring; Predictive models; Resource management; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2006. HICSS '06. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2507-5
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2006.72