February 6, 2023Open Access

Improving Thoracic Surgery Ward Round Quality and Enhancing Patient Safety in a referral centre

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Why the study?

The study aimed to evaluate thoracic surgical ward round documentation against guidelines and recommendations and introduce a template to improve this process and patient care.

Does a standardized electronic ward round template improve documentation quality and clinical outcomes in thoracic surgery inpatients?

Population

Thoracic surgery inpatients

Comparison

eCARE pathway template vs standard ward round documentation

Design

Retrospective and prospective audit

Authors

APAina PonsLondon North West Healthcare NHS Trust AAAbdullah AlshammariKuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait)DKDaniel KaniuGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Discussion

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Implication

May improve thoracic surgery outcomes; leaves open need for randomized confirmation before practice change.

Structured PICO

Does a standardized electronic ward round template improve documentation quality and clinical outcomes in thoracic surgery inpatients?

Population

Thoracic surgery inpatients at a referral center, n=399 ward round notes reviewed (199 pre-intervention, 200 post-intervention).

Intervention

eCARE (electronic Clinical Assessment for Round Evaluation) standardized ward round note with closed-ended questions and mandatory items.

Comparator

Standard open-ended ward round notes without modification.

Outcome

Reporting rates of clinical information, discharge planning, complication rates, and post-surgical length of stay.safety

Implementing a standardized, closed-ended electronic ward round template in thoracic surgery significantly improves clinical documentation, enhances discharge planning, and reduces post-surgical length of stay and complications.

Limitations

Possible delay in the uptake of this new method on long term results
Time through which mortality was evaluated in the second group was shorter than the first group

Cite This Study

Pons et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a22e8993a78129ded666e4b https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2549502/v1

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Improving Thoracic Surgery Ward Round Quality and Enhancing Patient Safety in a referral centre

Discussion

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Structured PICO

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Improving Thoracic Surgery Ward Round Quality and Enhancing Patient Safety in a referral centre

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

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