Evaluation of the Mining Techniques in Constructing a Traditional Chinese-Language Nursing Recording System

Abstract

In 2009, the Department of Health, part of Taiwan's Executive Yuan, announced the advent of electronic medical records to reduce medical expenses and facilitate the international exchange of medical record information. An information technology platform for nursing records in medical institutions was then quickly established, which improved nursing information systems and electronic databases. The purpose of the present study was to explore the usability of the data mining techniques to enhance completeness and ensure consistency of nursing records in the database system.First, the study used a Chinese word-segmenting system on common and special terms often used by the nursing staff. We also used text-mining techniques to collect keywords and create a keyword lexicon. We then used an association rule and artificial neural network to measure the correlation and forecasting capability for keywords. Finally, nursing staff members were provided with an on-screen pop-up menu to use when establishing nursing records. Our study found that by using mining techniques we were able to create a powerful keyword lexicon and establish a forecasting model for nursing diagnoses, ensuring the consistency of nursing terminology and improving the nursing staff's work efficiency and productivity.

The Influence of Technology in Nursing Education

“…The goal of DM is to access information for further analysis and potential decision making. 12,13 Text mining is a more comprehensive process than DM in which there is mining of unknown and obscure parts of information from structured and semistructured text. Although very similar, there are elements of a priori algorithms and association rules that form a basis for text mining.…”

“…12 Both involve accessing and extracting information from a large volume of documents. DM is the process in which useful knowledge and information is obtained from data banks.…”

“…DM is not just a single method or single technique but rather a spectrum of different approaches that search for patterns and relationships of data. 12 The methodological basis of DM is the discernment of patterns and relationships in large quantities of data that results in the construction of models that can help the assignment of class labels through the use of statistical methods, artificial intelligence to the management of databases. 14 Both text mining and DM involve the use of a computer to access and organize data.…”

Using a Text Mining Approach to Explore the Recording Quality of a Nursing Record System

“…However, their process of assessment was complex and time consuming. Text mining provides information search, association, prediction, analysis, management, and decision-making support for a rapid and accurate analysis of unstructured text (Han et al, 2011; Liao et al, 2014; SAS Resource Center, 2014). This study employed SAS Text Miner to conduct text mining on electronic nursing records, identified the information hidden in the NFEs, and determined a method for auditing the quality of electronic nursing records.…”

“…Recent studies on electronic nursing records have focused mostly on the evaluation of the developed system or on the degree of user satisfaction (Chang et al, 2013; Liao, Chu, & Chu, 2014; Wang et al, 2011). Few studies have investigated the quality of computerized nursing records.…”