Key result
A UK audit of coronary artery bypass grafting outcomes across 58 facilities found that poor organization, communication, and teamwork are letting down patients needing heart surgery.
Observational
Yes
Systemic issues such as poor organization and teamwork significantly compromise patient outcomes following CABG surgery.
Supports focus on organizational factors in cardiac surgery; leaves open effects of targeted quality improvements on outcomes.
Poor organisation, communication, and teamwork are letting down patients who need heart surgery, a UK audit of outcomes and death rates after coronary artery bypass grafting has shown. The investigation, which lasted three years, involved 39 NHS hospitals and 19 independent sector facilities in the United Kingdom. Ian Martin, lead clinical coordinator of the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcomes and Death, said that he was not surprised by the findings. “This is not atypical of other areas of medicine we have looked at. Not having the proper systems in place is not unique to cardiac surgery,” …
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Caroline White (2008) conducted an observational in Coronary artery bypass grafting. Coronary artery bypass grafting was evaluated on Outcomes and death rates. A UK audit of coronary artery bypass grafting outcomes across 58 facilities found that poor organization, communication, and teamwork are letting down patients needing heart surgery.
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