 Detecting Blood Laboratory Errors Using a Bayesian NetworkQuang A. Le, Greg Strylewicz and Jason N. Doctor Medical Decision Making, 2011, vol. 31, issue 2, 325-337 Abstract: Objectives : To detect errors in blood laboratory results using a Bayesian network (BN), to compare results with an established method for detecting errors based on frequency patterns (LabRespond) and logistic regression model. Methods : In Experiment 1 and 2 using a sample of 5,800 observations from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey dataset, large, medium and small errors were randomly generated and introduced to liver enzymes (ALT, AST, and LDH) of the dataset. Experiment 1 examined systematic errors, while Experiment 2 investigated random errors. The outcome of interest was the correct detection of liver enzymes as “error†or “not error.†With the BN, the outcome was predicted by exploiting probabilistic relationships among AST, ALT, LDH, and gender. In addition to AST, ALT, LDH, and gender, LabRespond required more information on related analytes to achieve optimal prediction. We assessed performance by examining the area under the receiver operating characteristics curves using a 10-fold cross validation method, as well as risk stratification tables. Results : In Experiment 1, the BN significantly outperformed both LabRespond and logistic regression in detecting large (both at p Keywords: medical errors; laboratory errors; patient safety; Bayesian networks; predictive models; autoverification (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:medema:v:31:y:2011:i:2:p:325-337 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Medical Decision Making |
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