Quality improvement project the effect of an enhanced recovery programme on length of stay and patient experience following elective spinal surgery at Musgrove Park Hospital

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. e11
Author(s):  
Alex Goubran ◽  
Matthew Beebee ◽  
Lorraine Sandford ◽  
Sarah Woodhill ◽  
Emma Palfreman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Patient Experience ◽  
Spinal Surgery ◽  
Enhanced Recovery ◽  
Quality Improvement Project ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Enhanced Recovery Programme ◽  
Park Hospital

scholarly journals Many small steps to reducing length of stay: A visit to the DH pilot enhanced recovery scheme

2010 ◽  
Vol 92 (8) ◽  
pp. 266-268
Author(s):  
Matthew Worrall
Keyword(s):  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Patient Experience ◽  
Enhanced Recovery ◽  
Enhanced Recovery Programme ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Recovery Scheme ◽  
Hospital Stays ◽  
Improve Patient

Enhanced recovery (ER) is one of the current buzz terms in the health service but it seems to mean a different thing depending on to whom you speak. The Department of Health (DH) invited applications from acute trusts across England to become 'innovation sites' for the enhanced recovery programme. These sites are supported by DH as they implement a defined programme that aims to improve patient experience through shorter hospital stays. The Bulletin spent a day at one of them, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, to witness the changes made.

Faces of all clinically engaged staff: a quality improvement project that enhances the hospitalised patient experience

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 923-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael I. Brener ◽  
Jeremy A. Epstein ◽  
Jeremy Cho ◽  
Hsin-Chieh Yeh ◽  
Robert A. Dudas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Patient Experience ◽  
Quality Improvement Project ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Hospitalised Patient

Poster 495 Patient Experience in an Outpatient Pain Clinic: A Plan-Do-Study-Act Quality Improvement Project

PM&R ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. S321
Author(s):  
Larry B. Guinto ◽  
Giuseppe Amore ◽  
Ashish Khanna ◽  
Laurentiu I. Dinescu
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Patient Experience ◽  
Quality Improvement Project ◽  
Pain Clinic ◽  
Improvement Project

765 Reducing ‘At Risk’ Skin in Neck of Femur Fracture (NOF) Patients – A Quality Improvement Project Standardising Catheterisation and Peri-Operative Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Sambhwani ◽  
A Kandiah ◽  
F Rayan ◽  
A Wazir ◽  
N Sheikh
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Care Pathway ◽  
Quality Improvement Project ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Neck Of Femur ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Operative Care

Abstract Introduction A service evaluation audit highlighted significant variation in our practice as regards catheterisation in NOF patients. A pilot protocol was developed with real time data monitoring to see if we could improve our patients’ pathway. Method The protocol focussed on early catheterisation, monitoring the condition of patients’ skin, documentation around catheter care and removal instructions and surveillance for urinary tract infection rates (UTI) Results 150 patients were included in the pilot. There was a reduction by more than 50% of patients assessed as having at risk or broken skin. 94.5% of patients were catheterised out of theatres (previously only 4%) saving an average of 14 minutes of theatre time per case. Delays in catheter removal after documented request reduced by 2 days and our UTI rates were relatively unchanged (3.3% compared to 2.7%). Documentation significantly improved. We also noted that overall length of stay was reduced by 2 days. Conclusions Standardising our care pathway has improved our patient care and documentation. It has benefitted theatre efficiency and also nursing of fragile skin in 'at risk' patients. Prompting early removal and compliance may have also had a positive impact on overall length of stay. This has been a successful quality improvement project in our department.

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