title: A statistical approach for detecting deviations from usual medical care.
abstract: Detecting deviations from usual medical care is valuable in identifying potentially concerning patient management events, both in real time and retrospectively. We describe a statistical method for identification of deviations in medication administration. The preliminary results reported here characterize the statistical properties of the identified deviations. Future research will investigate which deviations are clinically useful.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mezger
authors.forename: Shyam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Visweswaran
authors.forename: Milos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hauskrecht
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Clermont
authors.forename: Gregory F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D019982:Organizational Case Studies