Terminology Gap in Continuous Care Between Acute and Long-Term Care Hospitals

Ryoma Seto; Toshitaka Inoue; Suemi Katayama

doi:10.3233/SHTI190640

Terminology Gap in Continuous Care Between Acute and Long-Term Care Hospitals

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019 Aug 21:264:1771-1772. doi: 10.3233/SHTI190640.

Authors

Ryoma Seto¹, Toshitaka Inoue^{2

3}, Suemi Katayama³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Healthcare Informatics, Faculty of Healthcare, Tokyo Healthcare University, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Social Welfare, Nishi-Kyushu University, Saga, Japan.
³ Seishinkai Inoue Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.

PMID: 31438336
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI190640

Abstract

This study aimed to elucidate the gap in terminology between acute and long-term care (LTC) hospitals. Fifty-seven hospital documents were analyzed using text mining. Each document contained a mean 194.2 terms. Acute care hospital documents often contain pharmacological information. LTC hospital documents often contain information related to patients' lives. Documents from both settings used local, non-standardized language. Our results suggest that expanding the national standard of nursing terminologies has potential for enhancing continuity of care.

Keywords: Electronic Health Records; Long-Term Care; Standardized Nursing Terminology.

MeSH terms

Hospitals*
Language
Long-Term Care*