Machine Learning to Prioritize High-Severity Patient Safety Events for Institutional Investigation: Algorithm Development and Validation Study

Hongbo Chen   ¹ , PhD ;   Shehnaz Islam   ^{1, 2} , MSc ;   Laura D Pozzobon   ^{3, 4, 5, 6} , RN, BHSc, BNSc, MSc(HQ) ;   Lucas B Chartier   ^{4, 7} , MDCM, MPH, MBA ;   Eldan Cohen   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Cerebras Systems, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ Health Quality Programs, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

⁴ Quality & Safety Department, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Lawerence Bloomberg School of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

⁷ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada