Table 1.
HCO departmental association rules. The scores correspond to the mean over the weeks when the rule was detected
| Department A | Department B | Support (A and B) |
Confidence (A ⇒ B) |
Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Confidence Rules | ||||
| Organizational Development | School of Nursing | 3.60 × 10−5 | 0.4 | 7 |
| Hypertension Clinic | Nephrology Clinic | 4.16 × 10−5 | 0.378 | 3 |
| Business Office: Correspondence | Learning Center | 5.71 × 10−6 | 0.33 | 3 |
| Business Office: Fees Group | Office of Compliance | 7.94 × 10−6 | 0.25 | 4 |
| Main OR | Vanderbilt Medical Group - [Anonymized City] | 5.94 × 105 | 0.2 | 6 |
| High Support Rules | ||||
| Emergency Medicine | Emergency Medicine | 6.48 × 10−2 | 6.47 × 10−4 | 21 |
| Ophthalmology | Ophthalmology | 2.85 × 10−2 | 3.36 × 10−3 | 21 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 2.69 × 10−2 | 1.55 × 10−3 | 21 |
| Orthopedics & Rehabilitation | Orthopedics & Rehabilitation | 2.06 × 10−2 | 1.47 × 10−3 | 21 |
| Pediatric Hematology | Pediatric Hematology | 2.06 × 10−2 | 4.28 × 10−3 | 21 |
| Low Confidence Rules | ||||
| Emergency Medicine | Post Anesthesia Care Unit | 2.31 × 10−6 | 2.25 × 10−8 | 5 |
| Emergency Medicine | Developmental Disability Center | 2.00 × 10−6 | 2.29 × 10−8 | 3 |
| Emergency Medicine | Psychology & Human Development | 2.00 × 10−6 | 2.29 × 10−8 | 3 |
| Emergency Medicine | Cardiology | 2.40 × 10−6 | 2.35 × 10−8 | 9 |
| Emergency Medicine | Pulmonary Clinic | 2.73 × 10−6 | 2.93 × 10−8 | 4 |
| Low Support Rules | ||||
| Nursing Support Services | Medical Intensive Care Unit | 5.11 × 10−7 | 1.18 × 10−5 | 3 |
| Medical Intensive Care Unit | Nursing Support Services | 5.11 × 10−7 | 1.37 × 10−6 | 3 |
| General Surgery | Special Procedures | 5.81 × 10−7 | 4.45 × 10−6 | 3 |
| General Surgery | Hematology | 5.81 × 10−7 | 4.45 × 10−6 | 3 |
| Special Procedures | General Surgery | 5.81 × 10−7 | 4.98 × 10−4 | 3 |