Date of Award

2021-08-01

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Manufacturing Engineering

Advisor(s)

Sreenath Chalil Madathil

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Healthcare organizations are making extensive efforts to improve the patient experience. Enhancing patient/client experience and outcomes is crucial for patient-centered care and can reveal improvement opportunities. Healthcare settings currently rely on surveys (e.g., HCAHPS) and patient feedback to measure patient experience. Studies have identified that utilizing patient journey mapping can better capture patient experience throughout all stages of the patient's journey and provide quality and process improvement recommendations at specific hotspots. However, these measurement techniques are time-consuming and resource intensive. AIM: This research aims to measure patient experience of breast cancer patients from social media data using natural language processing algorithms. METHODS: This study analyzes data obtained from social media (e.g., Twitter and Reddit) referent to breast cancer. Natural Language Processing (NLP) algorithms were applied to identify latent topics via Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) and sentiments via Sentiment Analysis (SA) associated to specific hotspots. DISCUSSION: The use of AI to capture patient experience during the patient's journey in the healthcare continuum provides valuable insights to improve individualized, empathetic, and respectful care in clinical systems. Such patient experience information is invaluable for healthcare quality improvement efforts and improving patient-centered care.

Language

en

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Size

105 p.

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

Sofia Veronica Ortega

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