Comparative performance reports in anaesthesia: impact on clinical outcomes and acceptability to clinicians

Autor: Thomas Collyer, Martyn Robertson, Thomas Lawton, Alice Rothwell
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: BMJ Open Quality, Vol 7, Iss 3 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2399-6641
DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000338
Popis: In anaesthesia, the use of comparative performance reports, their impact on patient care and their acceptability is yet to be fully clarified. Since April 2010, postoperative data on theatre cases in our trust have been analysed and individual comparative performance reports distributed to anaesthetists. Our primary aim was to investigate whether this process was associated with improvement in overall patient care. A short survey was used to assess our secondary aim, the usefulness and acceptability of the process. There were significant improvements in the odds of all outcomes other than vomiting: 39% improvement in hypothermia (p
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