Look how godawful this is; A 'care' improvement project; NOT a results improvement project. I'd have you all fired.
A Multi-Component Transition of Care Improvement Project to Reduce Hospital Readmissions Following Ischemic Stroke
Abstract
Background:
Ischemic stroke (IS) is a common cause of hospitalization which carries a significant economic burden and leads to high rates of death and disability. Readmission in the first 30 days after hospitalization is associated with increased healthcare costs and higher risk of death and disability. Efforts to decrease the number of patients returning to the hospital after IS may improve quality and cost of care.
Methods:
Improving care transitions to reduce readmissions is amenable to quality improvement (QI) initiatives. A multi-component QI intervention directed at IS patients being discharged to home from a stroke unit at an academic comprehensive stroke center using IS diagnosis-driven home care referrals, improved post-discharge telephone calls, and timely completion of discharge summaries was developed. The improvement project was implemented on July 1, 2019, and evaluated for the 6 months following initiation in comparison to the same 6-month period pre-intervention in 2018.
Results:
Following
implementation, a statistically significant decrease in 30-day
all-cause same-hospital readmission rates from 7.4% to 2.8% (p = .031, d = 1.61) in the project population and from 6.6% to 3% (p = .010, d
= 1.43) in the overall IS population was observed. Improvement was seen
in all process measures as well as in patient satisfaction scores.(So you didn't measure recovery results at all? What craptastic work results!)
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