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Young L, Vogelsmeier A. Quality Dashboards in Hospital Settings: A Systematic Review With Implications for Nurses. J Nurs Care Qual 2024; 39:188-194. [PMID: 37782907 DOI: 10.1097/ncq.0000000000000747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Dashboards visually display quality and safety data to aid nurses in making informed decisions. PURPOSE This systematic review evaluated quality improvement (QI) dashboard characteristics associated with interventions to improve patient outcomes and positive end-user evaluation. METHODS Literature was searched from 2012 to 2022 in PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar. RESULTS Sixteen articles were included. Varied dashboard characteristics were noted, with mixed patient outcomes and end-user responses. Graphs and tabular presentations were associated with improved patient outcomes, whereas graphs were associated with end-user satisfaction. Benchmarks were noted with improved patient outcomes but not end-user satisfaction. Interactive dashboards were important for end users and improved patient outcomes. CONCLUSION Nurses can find dashboards helpful in guiding QI projects. Dashboards may include graphs and/or tables, benchmarks, and interactivity but should be useful, usable, and aligned to unit needs. Future research should focus on the use of quality dashboards in nursing practice.
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- Lisa Young
- University of Missouri School of Nursing, Columbia, Missouri
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Davidson J, Malhotra Y, Shay R, Arunachalam A, Sink D, Barry JS, Meyers J. Building a NICU quality & safety infrastructure. Semin Perinatol 2024; 48:151902. [PMID: 38692996 DOI: 10.1016/j.semperi.2024.151902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Standards for Levels of Neonatal Care, published in 2023, highlights key components of a Neonatal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Program (NPSQIP). A comprehensive Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) quality and safety infrastructure (QSI) is based on four foundational domains: quality improvement, quality assurance, safety culture, and clinical guidelines. This paper serves as an operational guide for NICU clinical leaders and quality champions to navigate these domains and develop their local QSI to include the AAP NPSQIP standards.
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- Jessica Davidson
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Texas Childrens Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States
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McCormick C, Ahluwalia S, Segon A. Effect of a Performance Feedback Dashboard on Hospitalist Laboratory Test Utilization. Am J Med Qual 2023; 38:273-278. [PMID: 37908029 DOI: 10.1097/jmq.0000000000000150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Healthcare spending continues to be an area of improvement across all forms of medicine. Overtreatment or low-value care, including overutilization of laboratory testing, has an estimated annual cost of waste of $75.7-$101.2 billion annually. Providing performance feedback to hospitalists has been shown to be an effective way to encourage the practice of quality-improvement-focused medicine. There remains limited data regarding the implementation of performance feedback and direct results on hospital laboratory testing spending in the short term. OBJECTIVE The objective of this project was to identify whether performance-based feedback on laboratory utilization between both hospitalists and resident teams results in more conservative utilization of laboratory testing. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS This quality improvement project was conducted at a tertiary academic medical center, including both direct-care and house-staff teams. INTERVENTION OR EXPOSURE A weekly performance feedback report was generated and distributed to providers detailing laboratory test utilization by all hospitalists in a ranked system, normalized by the census of patients, for 3 months. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The outcome measure was cumulative laboratory utilization during the intervention period compared to baseline utilization during the corresponding 3 months in the year prior and the weekly trend in laboratory utilization over 52 weeks. The aggregate laboratory utilization rate during intervention and control time periods was defined as the total number of laboratory tests ordered divided by the total number of patient encounters. Additionally, the cost difference was averaged per quarter and reported. The week-by-week trend in laboratory utilization was evaluated using a statistical process control (SPC) chart. RESULTS We found that following intervention during January-March 2020, the cumulative complete blood count utilization rate decreased from 5.54 to 4.83 per patient encounter and the basic metabolic panels/CMP utilization rate decreased from 6.65 to 6.11 per patient encounter compared with January-March 2019. This equated to cost savings of ~$42,700 in total for the quarter. Nonrandom variation was seen on SPC charts in weekly laboratory utilization rates for common laboratory tests during the intervention period. CONCLUSIONS We found that our intervention did result in a decrease in laboratory test utilization rates across direct-care and house-staff teams. This study lays promising groundwork for one tool that can be used to eliminate a source of hospital waste and improve the quality and efficiency of patient care.
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- Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
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Reszel J, Daub O, Dunn SI, Cassidy CE, Hafizi K, Lightfoot M, Pervez D, Quosdorf A, Wood A, Graham ID. Planning and implementing practice changes in Ontario maternal-newborn hospital units: a secondary qualitative analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2023; 23:735. [PMID: 37848826 PMCID: PMC10583424 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-06042-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Moving evidence into practice is complex, and pregnant and birthing people and their infants do not always receive care that aligns with the best available evidence. Implementation science can inform how to effectively move evidence into practice. While there are a growing number of examples of implementation science being studied in maternal-newborn care settings, it remains unknown how real-world teams of healthcare providers and leaders approach the overall implementation process when making practice changes. The purpose of this study was to describe maternal-newborn hospital teams' approaches to implementing practice changes. We aimed to identify what implementation steps teams take (or not) and identify strengths and potential areas for improvement based on best practices in implementation science. METHODS We conducted a supplementary qualitative secondary analysis of 22 interviews completed in 2014-2015 with maternal-newborn nursing leaders in Ontario, Canada. We used directed content analysis to code the data to seven steps in an implementation framework (Implementation Roadmap): identify the problem and potential best practice; assemble local evidence; select and customize best practice; discover barriers and drivers; tailor implementation strategies; field-test, plan evaluation, prepare to launch; launch, evaluate, and sustain. Frequency counts are presented for each step. RESULTS Participants reported completing a median of 4.5 of 7 Implementation Roadmap steps (range = 3-7), with the most common being identifying a practice problem. Other steps were described less frequently (e.g., selecting and adapting evidence, field-testing, outcome evaluation) or discussed frequently but not optimally (e.g., barriers assessment). Participants provided examples of how they engaged point-of-care staff throughout the implementation process, but provided fewer examples of engaging pregnant and birthing people and their families. Some participants stated they used a formal framework or process to guide their implementation process, with the most common being quality improvement approaches and tools. CONCLUSIONS We identified variability across the 22 hospitals in the implementation steps taken. While we observed many strengths, we also identified areas where further support may be needed. Future work is needed to create opportunities and resources to support maternal-newborn healthcare providers and leaders to apply principles and tools from implementation science to their practice change initiatives.
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- Jessica Reszel
- School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, 200 Lees Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
- Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) Ontario, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada.
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University, 1201 Western Road, London, ON, N6G 1H1, Canada
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- School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, 200 Lees Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada
- Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) Ontario, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada
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- School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, 5869 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada
- IWK Health Centre, 5980 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, B3K 6R8, Canada
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- Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) Ontario, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada
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- Women and Children's Health Network, Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, 170 Colborne St W, Orillia, ON, L3V 2Z3, Canada
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, The Ottawa Hospital, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada
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- Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) Ontario, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada
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- School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, 200 Lees Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, ON, K1G 5Z3, Canada
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Edmonds JK, Woodbury SR, Lipsitz SR, Weiseth A, Farrell ME, Shah NT, Greene N, Gregory KD. Comparing Methods of Identifying Outlying Nurses in Audits of Low-Risk Cesarean Delivery Rates. J Nurs Care Qual 2022; 37:149-154. [PMID: 34446663 DOI: 10.1097/ncq.0000000000000588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The low-risk cesarean delivery (CD) rate is an established performance indicator for providers in maternity care for quality improvement purposes. PURPOSE Our objectives were to assess nurse performance using adjusted nurse-level CD rates and to compare methods of identifying nurse outliers. METHODS We conducted a retrospective, cohort study of 6970 births attended by 181 registered nurses in one hospital's maternity unit. Adjusted and unadjusted nurse-level CD rates were compared and agreement between 3 definitions (statistical, top decile, over a benchmark) of outliers calculated. RESULTS Adjusted nurse-level CD rates varied from 5.5% to 53.2%, and the unadjusted rates varied from 5% to 50%. Risk adjustment had little impact on the ranking of nurses, and outliers were consistently identified by 3 definitions. CONCLUSIONS Trade-offs between statistical certainty and feasibility need to be considered when classifying nurse outliers. Findings can help target interventions to improve nurse performance.
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- Joyce K Edmonds
- Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (Dr Edmonds); Science and Technology, Ariadne Labs, Boston, Massachusetts (Mr Woodbury and Drs Lipsitz, Weiseth, and Shah); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Farrell); Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine (Dr Gregory), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California (Dr Greene)
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Tsang JY, Peek N, Buchan I, van der Veer SN, Brown B. OUP accepted manuscript. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2022; 29:1106-1119. [PMID: 35271724 PMCID: PMC9093027 DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocac031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Objectives (1) Systematically review the literature on computerized audit and feedback (e-A&F) systems in healthcare. (2) Compare features of current systems against e-A&F best practices. (3) Generate hypotheses on how e-A&F systems may impact patient care and outcomes. Methods We searched MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), and CINAHL (Ebsco) databases to December 31, 2020. Two reviewers independently performed selection, extraction, and quality appraisal (Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool). System features were compared with 18 best practices derived from Clinical Performance Feedback Intervention Theory. We then used realist concepts to generate hypotheses on mechanisms of e-A&F impact. Results are reported in accordance with the PRISMA statement. Results Our search yielded 4301 unique articles. We included 88 studies evaluating 65 e-A&F systems, spanning a diverse range of clinical areas, including medical, surgical, general practice, etc. Systems adopted a median of 8 best practices (interquartile range 6–10), with 32 systems providing near real-time feedback data and 20 systems incorporating action planning. High-confidence hypotheses suggested that favorable e-A&F systems prompted specific actions, particularly enabled by timely and role-specific feedback (including patient lists and individual performance data) and embedded action plans, in order to improve system usage, care quality, and patient outcomes. Conclusions e-A&F systems continue to be developed for many clinical applications. Yet, several systems still lack basic features recommended by best practice, such as timely feedback and action planning. Systems should focus on actionability, by providing real-time data for feedback that is specific to user roles, with embedded action plans. Protocol Registration PROSPERO CRD42016048695.
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- Jung Yin Tsang
- Corresponding Author: Jung Yin Tsang, Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research, University of Manchester, 6th Floor Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK;
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- Centre for Health Informatics, Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (GMPSTRC), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Centre for Health Informatics, Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Health Informatics, Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (GMPSTRC), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Soresi J, Murray K, Marshall T, Preen DB. An evaluation of an electronic audit and feedback system for patient safety in a tertiary hospital setting: A study protocol. Health Informatics J 2021; 27:14604582211009919. [PMID: 33892598 DOI: 10.1177/14604582211009919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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An electronic audit and feedback (e-A&F) system was developed to support healthcare providers' awareness of their own performance, improve delivery of care and ultimately the safety of patients while in hospital. The point-of-care e-A&F system provides healthcare providers, from a 600-bed tertiary hospital in Western Australia, with near real-time feedback via web-based dashboards. The aim of this evaluation is to determine the implications of e-A&F across multiple dimensions and domains of care in a tertiary hospital setting. The study also aims to address the paucity in the literature by validating hypothesised design and implementation mechanisms on its effectiveness. Key datasets to be examined include those related to patient outcomes, staff behaviour and costs. Quantitative methods, such as interrupted time series analysis and multiple logistic regression analysis, amongst other methods, will be employed to achieve these aims.
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- James Soresi
- Safety Quality Governance and Consumer Engagement, North Metropolitan Health Service, Australia.,School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Australia
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- Safety Quality Governance and Consumer Engagement, North Metropolitan Health Service, Australia
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- School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Australia
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Murphy MSQ, Fell DB, Sprague AE, Corsi DJ, Dougan S, Dunn SI, Holmberg V, Huang T, Johnson M, Kotuba M. Data Resource Profile: Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) Ontario. Int J Epidemiol 2021; 50:1416-1417h. [PMID: 34097034 PMCID: PMC8580270 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyab033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- Malia S Q Murphy
- OMNI Research Group, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- BORN Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- BORN Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
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- BORN Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
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- BORN Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
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- BORN Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
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- BORN Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
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- BORN Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
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Van Schie P, Van Bodegom-Vos L, Zijdeman TM, Nelissen RGHH, Marang-Van De Mheen PJ. Awareness of performance on outcomes after total hip and knee arthroplasty among Dutch orthopedic surgeons: how to improve feedback from arthroplasty registries. Acta Orthop 2021; 92:54-61. [PMID: 33019821 PMCID: PMC7919881 DOI: 10.1080/17453674.2020.1827523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background and purpose - The Netherlands Registry of Orthopedic Implants (LROI) uses audit and feedback (A&F) as the strategy to improve performance outcomes after total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA). Effectiveness of A&F depends on awareness of below-average performance to initiate improvement activities. We explored the awareness of Dutch orthopedic surgeons regarding their performance on outcomes after THA/TKA and factors associated with this awareness.Methods - An anonymous questionnaire was sent to all 445 eligible Dutch orthopedic surgeons performing THA/TKA. To assess awareness on own surgeon-group performance, they were asked whether their 1-year THA/TKA revision rates over the past 2 years were below average (negative outlier), average (non-outlier), above average (positive outlier) in the funnel plot on the LROI dashboard, or did not know. Associations were determined with (1) dashboard login at least once a year (yes/no); (2) correct funnel-plot interpretation (yes/no) and; (3) recall of their 1-year THA/TKA revision rate (yes/no).Results - 44% of respondents started the questionnaire, 158 THA and 156 TKA surgeons. 55% of THA surgeons and 55% of TKA surgeons were aware of their performance. Surgeons aware of their performance more often logged in on the LROI dashboard, more often interpreted funnel plots correctly, and more often recalled their revision rate. 38% of THA and 26% of TKA surgeons scored "good" on all 3 outcomes.Interpretation - Only half of the orthopedic surgeons were aware of their performance status regarding outcomes after THA/TKA. This suggests that to increase awareness, orthopedic surgeons need to be actively motivated to look at the dashboard more frequently and educated on interpretation of funnel plots for audit and feedback to be effective.
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- Peter Van Schie
- Department of Orthopedics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden;,Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Medical Decision Making, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands,Correspondence:
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- Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Medical Decision Making, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Medical Decision Making, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Medical Decision Making, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Selvaratnam RJ, Davey MA, Hudson RM, Farrell T, Wallace EM. Improving maternity care in Victoria: An accidental learning healthcare system. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2021; 61:165-168. [PMID: 33523472 DOI: 10.1111/ajo.13317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/01/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Roshan J Selvaratnam
- The Ritchie Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Health and Human Services, Safer Care Victoria, Victorian Government, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Health and Human Services, Safer Care Victoria, Victorian Government, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Health and Human Services, Safer Care Victoria, Victorian Government, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Health and Human Services, Safer Care Victoria, Victorian Government, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Health and Human Services, Victorian Government, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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More KM, Levin A, Silver SA. A National Vision for Quality Improvement in Canadian Nephrology-The Canadian Nephrology Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Collaborative (CN-QUIS): An Opinion Piece. Can J Kidney Health Dis 2020; 7:2054358120969298. [PMID: 33224511 PMCID: PMC7656874 DOI: 10.1177/2054358120969298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Keigan M. More
- Division of Nephrology, QEII Health Sciences Center, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- BC Renal Agency, Vancouver, Canada
- The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Kingston Health Sciences Center, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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Conway A, Reszel J, Walker MC, Grimshaw JM, Dunn SI. Obstetrical safety indicators for preventing hospital harms in low risk births: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e036203. [PMID: 32303516 PMCID: PMC7200041 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Optimising the safety of obstetric patient care is a primary concern for many hospitals. Performance indicators measuring aspects of patient care processes can lead to improvements in health systems and the prevention of harm to the patient. We present our protocol for a scoping review to identify indicators for obstetric safety in low risk births. We aim to identify indicators addressing preventable hospital harms, to summarise the data and synthesise results. METHODS AND ANALYSIS We will use methods described by Arksey and O'Malley and further expanded by Levac et al. We will search electronic databases such as Medline, Embase, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library, and websites from professional bodies and other organisations, using an iterative search strategy.Two reviewers will independently screen titles and abstracts of search results to determine eligibility for inclusion. If eligibility is not clear, the reviewers will screen the full text version. If reviewers' decisions regarding eligibility differ, a third reviewer will review the record. Two reviewers will independently extract data from records that meet our inclusion criteria using a standardised data collection form. We will narratively describe quantitative data, such as the frequency with which indicators are identified, and conduct a thematic analysis of the qualitative data. We will compile a comprehensive list of patient safety indicators and organise them according to concepts that best suit the data such as the Donabedian model or the Hospital Harm Framework. We will discuss the implications for future research, clinical practice and policy-making. We will report the conduct of the review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews checklist. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The sources of information included in this scoping review will be available to the public. Therefore, ethics approval is not warranted. We will disseminate results in a peer-reviewed publication, conference/event presentation(s) and stakeholder communications.
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- Aislinn Conway
- Better Outcomes & Registry Network (BORN) Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Better Outcomes & Registry Network (BORN) Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Better Outcomes & Registry Network (BORN) Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- OMNI Research Group, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Newborn Care, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Centre for Implementation Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Better Outcomes & Registry Network (BORN) Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Randell R, Alvarado N, McVey L, Ruddle RA, Doherty P, Gale C, Mamas M, Dowding D. Requirements for a quality dashboard: Lessons from National Clinical Audits. AMIA ... ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. AMIA SYMPOSIUM 2020; 2019:735-744. [PMID: 32308869 PMCID: PMC7153077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Healthcare organizations worldwide use quality dashboards to provide feedback to clinical teams and managers, in order to monitor care quality and stimulate quality improvement. However, there is limited evidence regarding the impact of quality dashboards and audit and feedback research focuses on feedback to individual clinicians, rather than to clinical and managerial teams. Consequently, we know little about what features a quality dashboard needs in order to provide benefit. We conducted 54 interviews across five healthcare organizations in the National Health Service in England, interviewing personnel at different levels of the organization, to understand how national (UK) clinical audit data are used for quality improvement and factors that support or constrain use of these data. The findings, organized around the themes of choosing performance indicators, assessing performance, identifying causes, communicating from ward to board, and data quality, have implications for the design of quality dashboards, which we have translated into a series of requirements.
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Randell R, Alvarado N, McVey L, Greenhalgh J, West RM, Farrin A, Gale C, Parslow R, Keen J, Elshehaly M, Ruddle RA, Lake J, Mamas M, Feltbower R, Dowding D. How, in what contexts, and why do quality dashboards lead to improvements in care quality in acute hospitals? Protocol for a realist feasibility evaluation. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e033208. [PMID: 32102812 PMCID: PMC7044920 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION National audits are used to monitor care quality and safety and are anticipated to reduce unexplained variations in quality by stimulating quality improvement (QI). However, variation within and between providers in the extent of engagement with national audits means that the potential for national audit data to inform QI is not being realised. This study will undertake a feasibility evaluation of QualDash, a quality dashboard designed to support clinical teams and managers to explore data from two national audits, the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) and the Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network (PICANet). METHODS AND ANALYSIS Realist evaluation, which involves building, testing and refining theories of how an intervention works, provides an overall framework for this feasibility study. Realist hypotheses that describe how, in what contexts, and why QualDash is expected to provide benefit will be tested across five hospitals. A controlled interrupted time series analysis, using key MINAP and PICANet measures, will provide preliminary evidence of the impact of QualDash, while ethnographic observations and interviews over 12 months will provide initial insight into contexts and mechanisms that lead to those impacts. Feasibility outcomes include the extent to which MINAP and PICANet data are used, data completeness in the audits, and the extent to which participants perceive QualDash to be useful and express the intention to continue using it after the study period. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study has been approved by the University of Leeds School of Healthcare Research Ethics Committee. Study results will provide an initial understanding of how, in what contexts, and why quality dashboards lead to improvements in care quality. These will be disseminated to academic audiences, study participants, hospital IT departments and national audits. If the results show a trial is feasible, we will disseminate the QualDash software through a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial.
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- Rebecca Randell
- Faculty of Health Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
- Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research, Bradford, UK
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- Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research, Bradford, UK
- School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
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- Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research, Bradford, UK
- School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering & Informatics, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
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- School of Computing, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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- Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK
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Dunn S, Lanes A, Sprague AE, Fell DB, Weiss D, Reszel J, Taljaard M, Darling EK, Graham ID, Grimshaw JM, Harrold J, Smith GN, Peterson W, Walker M. Data accuracy in the Ontario birth Registry: a chart re-abstraction study. BMC Health Serv Res 2019; 19:1001. [PMID: 31881960 PMCID: PMC6935171 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4825-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Ontario’s birth Registry (BORN) was established in 2009 to collect, interpret, and share critical data about pregnancy, birth and the early childhood period to facilitate and improve the provision of healthcare. Since the use of routinely-collected health data has been prioritized internationally by governments and funding agencies to improve patient care, support health system planning, and facilitate epidemiological surveillance and research, high quality data is essential. The purpose of this study was to verify the accuracy of a selection of data elements that are entered in the Registry. Methods Data quality was assessed by comparing data re-abstracted from patient records to data entered into the Ontario birth Registry. A purposive sample of 10 hospitals representative of hospitals in Ontario based on level of care, birth volume and geography was selected and a random sample of 100 linked mother and newborn charts were audited for each site. Data for 29 data elements were compared to the corresponding data entered in the Ontario birth Registry using percent agreement, kappa statistics for categorical data elements and intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs) for continuous data elements. Results Agreement ranged from 56.9 to 99.8%, but 76% of the data elements (22 of 29) had greater than 90% agreement. There was almost perfect (kappa 0.81–0.99) or substantial (kappa 0.61–0.80) agreement for 12 of the categorical elements. Six elements showed fair-to-moderate agreement (kappa <0.60). We found moderate-to-excellent agreement for four continuous data elements (ICC >0.50). Conclusion Overall, the data elements we evaluated in the birth Registry were found to have good agreement with data from the patients’ charts. Data elements that showed moderate kappa or low ICC require further investigation.
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- Sandra Dunn
- Better Outcomes Registry & Network , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. .,Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. .,University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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- Better Outcomes Registry & Network , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Better Outcomes Registry & Network , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Better Outcomes Registry & Network , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Better Outcomes Registry & Network , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Kingston General Hospital and Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Better Outcomes Registry & Network , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Reszel J, Dunn SI, Sprague AE, Graham ID, Grimshaw JM, Peterson WE, Ockenden H, Wilding J, Quosdorf A, Darling EK, Fell DB, Harrold J, Lanes A, Smith GN, Taljaard M, Weiss D, Walker MC. Use of a maternal newborn audit and feedback system in Ontario: a collective case study. BMJ Qual Saf 2019; 28:635-644. [PMID: 30772816 PMCID: PMC6663061 DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Revised: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Background As part of a larger study examining the effectiveness of the Maternal Newborn Dashboard, an electronic audit and feedback system to improve maternal-newborn care practices and outcomes, the purpose of this study was to increase our understanding of factors explaining variability in performance after implementation of the Dashboard in Ontario, Canada. Methods A collective case study. A maximum variation sampling approach was used to invite hospitals reflecting different criteria to participate in a 1-day to 2-day site visit by the research team. The visits included: (1) semistructured interviews and focus groups with healthcare providers, leaders and personnel involved in clinical change processes; (2) observations and document review. Interviews and focus groups were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Qualitative content analysis was used to code and categorise the data. Results Between June and November 2016, we visited 14 maternal-newborn hospitals. Hospitals were grouped into four quadrants based on their key indicator performance and level of engagement with the Dashboard. Findings revealed four overarching themes that contribute to the varying success of sites in achieving practice change on the Dashboard key performance indicators, namely, interdisciplinary collaboration and accountability, application of formal change strategies, team trust and use of evidence and data, as well as alignment with organisational priorities and support. Conclusion The diversity of facilitators and barriers across the 14 hospitals highlights the need to go beyond a ‘one size fits all’ approach when implementing audit and feedback systems. Future work to identify tools to assess barriers to practice change and to evaluate the effects of cointerventions to optimise audit and feedback systems for clinical practice change is needed.
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- Jessica Reszel
- Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre (CHEO-OCTC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada .,Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre (CHEO-OCTC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre (CHEO-OCTC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre (CHEO-OCTC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- McMaster Midwifery Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre (CHEO-OCTC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Queen's University and Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre (CHEO-OCTC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre (CHEO-OCTC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Obstetrics, Maternal and Newborn Investigations (OMNI) Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Newborn Care, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Improving perioperative pain management: a preintervention and postintervention study in 7 developing countries. Pain Rep 2019; 4:e705. [PMID: 30801045 PMCID: PMC6370144 DOI: 10.1097/pr9.0000000000000705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 11/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. Introduction: The burden of untreated postoperative pain is high. Objective: This study assessed feasibility of using quality improvement (QI) tools to improve management of perioperative pain in hospitals in multiple developing countries. Methods: The International Pain Registry and Developing Countries working groups, from the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), sponsored the project and PAIN OUT, a QI and research network, coordinated it, and provided the research tools. The IASP published a call about the project on its website. Principal investigators (PIs) were responsible for implementing a preintervention and postintervention study in 1 to 2 surgical wards in their hospitals, and they were free to choose the QI intervention. Trained surveyors used standardized and validated web-based tools for collecting findings about perioperative pain management and patient reported outcomes (PROs). Four processes and PROs, independent of surgery type, assessed effectiveness of the interventions. Results: Forty-three providers responded to the call; 13 applications were selected; and PIs from 8 hospitals, in 14 wards, in 7 countries, completed the study. Interventions focused on teaching providers about pain management. Processes improved in 35% and PROs in 37.5% of wards. Conclusions: The project proved useful on multiple levels. It offered PIs a framework and tools to perform QI work and findings to present to colleagues and administration. Management practices and PROs improved on some wards. Interpretation of change proved complex, site-dependent, and related to multiple factors. PAIN OUT gained experience coordinating a multicentre, international QI project. The IASP promoted research, education, and QI work.
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Segmented Linear Regression Models for Assessing Change in Retrospective Studies in Healthcare. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2019; 2019:9810675. [PMID: 30805023 PMCID: PMC6362493 DOI: 10.1155/2019/9810675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Introduction In retrospective studies, the effect of a given intervention is usually evaluated by using statistical tests to compare data from before and after the intervention. A problem with this approach is that the presence of underlying trends can lead to incorrect conclusions. This study aimed to develop a rigorous mathematical method to analyse temporal variation and overcome these limitations. Methods We evaluated hip fracture outcomes (time to surgery, length of stay, and mortality) from a total of 2777 patients between April 2011 and September 2016, before and after the introduction of a dedicated hip fracture unit (HFU). We developed a novel modelling method that fits progressively more complex linear sections to the time series using least squares regression. The method was used to model the periods before implementation, after implementation, and of the whole study period, comparing goodness of fit using F-tests. Results The proposed method offered reliable descriptions of the temporal evolution of the time series and augmented conclusions that were reached by mere group comparisons. Reductions in time to surgery, length of stay, and mortality rates that group comparisons would have credited to the hip fracture unit appeared to be due to unrelated underlying trends. Conclusion Temporal analysis using segmented linear regression models can reveal secular trends and is a valuable tool to evaluate interventions in retrospective studies.
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Ivers NM, Barrett J. Using report cards and dashboards to drive quality improvement: lessons learnt and lessons still to learn. BMJ Qual Saf 2018; 27:417-420. [PMID: 29317464 DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-007563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Noah M Ivers
- Academic Family Health Team, Institute for Health Systems Solutions and Virtual Care, Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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