التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Improving inpatient cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation care: two success stories. |
| المؤلفون: |
Antos, Nicholas J., Quintero, Diana R., Walsh-Kelly, Christine M., Noe, Julie E., Schechter, Michael S. |
| المصدر: |
BMJ Quality & Safety; Apr2014 Supplement 1, Vol. 23 Issue S1, pi33-i41, 9p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 3 Graphs |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
CYSTIC fibrosis treatment, ANTIBIOTICS, CHILDREN'S hospitals, HEALTH care teams, HOSPITAL patients, MEDICAL quality control, MEDICAL protocols, QUALITY assurance, THERAPEUTICS, TIME, TIME series analysis, HUMAN services programs, VITAL capacity (Respiration), DISEASE exacerbation |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
GEORGIA, WISCONSIN |
| مستخلص: |
Background Pulmonary exacerbations (PEx) in cystic fibrosis (CF) are a frequent cause of hospitalisations and lead to long-term decline in pulmonary function. Successful CF inpatient care requires the coordination of multiple providers and complex therapies. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin (CHW) and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHoA) independently identified PEx inpatient care for focused improvements, with emphasis on improving care coordination and patient outcomes. Methods Both centres began by forming multidisciplinary workgroups, including patient and family representatives. CHW's specific aim was to eliminate delays in the time to initial intravenous antibiotics. A written handoff tool was developed to allow more efficient ordering. Efforts at CHoA focused on coordination and consistent care delivery. A written schedule and patient incentive programme were devised to ensure proper administration of treatments and promote patient adherence. Results At CHW, interventions decreased the mean antibiotic order time by 59% with resultant decrease in administration time by 25%. At CHoA, improvements led to a 42% decrease in the proportion of hospitalisations unsuccessful in returning lung function back to within 90% of baseline. Conclusions Inpatient CF PEx care is complex and requires multiple competing activities and treatments. Consistent and timely delivery of these treatments is challenging. Our improvements used the skills and insights of providers and patients to improve, standardise and synchronise care, and to develop tools to coordinate hand offs. With these improvements, applicable to hospital treatment of many other conditions, both centres were successfully able to deliver treatments in a more consistent and timely manner with improved outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
