Title :
On Clinical Pathway Discovery from Electronic Health Record Data
Author :
Yiye Zhang ; Padman, Rema ; Wasserman, Larry ; Patel, Nirav ; Teredesai, Pradip ; Qizhi Xie
Abstract :
In this column, the authors propose a practice-based clinical pathway development process using patient data from electronic health records. The authors aim to examine the interaction between patients´ health conditions and treatment approaches, and learn the most common pathways of care to inform better patient engagement and outcomes in healthcare practices.
Keywords :
health care; medical information systems; clinical pathway discovery; electronic health record data; health conditions; healthcare practices; patient engagement; practice-based clinical pathway development process; Clinical diagnosis; Diseases; Electronic medical records; Hospitals; Hypertension; Information analysis; Kidney; Markov processes; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical information systems; Markov chain; clinical pathway; clinical practice guideline; data analysis; electronic health record; evidence-based care; health information technology; hierarchical clustering;
Journal_Title :
Intelligent Systems, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIS.2015.14