Multicentre positive deviance to reduce adverse events and length of stay after pulmonary resection

BMJ Open Quality

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Andrew J E Seely¹  Zubair Ahmadzai²  Daniel G French³  Molly Gingrich²  Daniel Jones¹  Caitlin Anstee²  Najib Safieddine⁴  Thomas K Waddell⁵  Richard Malthaner⁶  Lorenzo Ferri⁷  Christian Finley⁸  Gail Darling³ 

[1] Department of Surgery , University of Ottawa;Ottawa Hospital Research Institute;Department of Surgery , Dalhousie University;Department of Surgery , University of Toronto;Toronto General Hospital;Western University;McGill University;Department of Surgery , McMaster University

关键词: Adverse events;    epidemiology and detection;    Continuous quality improvement;    Quality improvement methodologies;    Surgery;    Postoperative Care;   

DOI  :  10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001997

学科分类：药学

来源: BMJ Publishing Group

【 摘 要 】

Background Postoperative adverse events (AEs) following pulmonary resection enormously impact patient well-being, length of stay (LOS) and healthcare costs. Standardised AE data collection can be used to identify positive outliers demonstrating positive deviance (PD) who may be helpful to inform the best practice. Here, we describe our initial experience of a novel quality improvement process using PD to reduce LOS and AEs.Methods AE rates and LOS were collected from four centres (2014–2020) using a common dictionary. Surgeons repeatedly participated in 60 to 90 min seminars consisting of the following process: identify outcome and procedure targeted, review relevant best evidence literature, view all data anonymised by surgeon or centre (if multicentre), choose and reveal identity of best performance PD outliers, who discuss their management principles while all receive self-evaluation reports, followed by collegial discussion to generate consensus recommendations, voted by all. We assessed overall impact on AEs and LOS using aggregate data in a before/after analysis.Results A total of 131 surgeons (average 12/seminar) participated in 11 PD seminars (8 local and 3 multicentre), yielding 85 consensus recommendation (average 8/seminar). Median LOS following lobectomy decreased from 4.0 to 3.0 days (p=0.04) following local PD seminars and from 4.0 to 3.5 days (p=0.11) following multicentre seminars. Trends for reductions in multiple AE rates were also observed.Conclusion While limited by the longitudinal design, these findings provide preliminary support for this data-driven, collegial and actionable quality improvement process to help standardise and improve patient care, and merits further more rigorous investigation.

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