articleJournal of Biomedical InformaticsJan 29, 2022HYBRID OA

Process mining for healthcare: Characteristics and challenges

JMJorge Muñoz-GamaNMNiels MartinCFCarlos Fernández-LlatasOJOwen JohnsonMSMarcos Sepúlveda

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · Hasselt University · +35 more institutions

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Abstract

Process mining techniques can be used to analyse business processes using the data logged during their execution. These techniques are leveraged in a wide range of domains, including healthcare, where it focuses mainly on the analysis of diagnostic, treatment, and organisational processes. Despite the huge amount of data generated in hospitals by staff and machinery involved in healthcare processes, there is no evidence of a systematic uptake of process mining beyond targeted case studies in a research context. When developing and using process mining in healthcare, distinguishing characteristics of healthcare processes such as their variability and patient-centred focus require targeted attention. Against…

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  • Health care
  • Process mining
  • Process (computing)
  • Context (archaeology)
  • Data science
  • Computer science
  • Alliance
  • Domain (mathematical analysis)
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