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Ville Valkonen1, Susanna Saano2, Kaisa Haatainen3
1From the School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland.
Analyzing free-text data from medication error reports using enhanced search methods significantly improves the detection of organizational risks. This approach offers valuable insights for enhancing medication safety management.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Patient Safety
- Clinical Risk Management
Background:
- Medication errors (MEs) are critical to healthcare safety management.
- Analyzing aggregated ME reports aids in identifying organizational risks.
- Inconsistent and missing structural data in reports hinder comprehensive analysis.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate if analyzing free-text data from aggregated ME reports can help detect organizational risks.
- To assess the effectiveness of an enhanced free-text search method for ME report analysis.
Main Methods:
- Retrospective analysis of ME reports (2017-2021) from a tertiary hospital's patient safety system.
- Clustering ME report variables and employing enhanced free-text search on the top 10 active substances.
- Validity analysis of search results for the top 4 active substances.
Main Results:
- Enhanced free-text search increased relevant ME reports for top substances from 698 to 1578.
- Validity of search results for the top 4 substances exceeded 74%.
- The method uncovered new medication error findings.
Conclusions:
- Enhanced free-text search improves aggregate analysis of ME reports and risk detection.
- This method allows for more comprehensive free-text data analysis using standard software.
- It provides novel insights for advancing medication safety.
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