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Clinical Indices to Drive Quality Improvement in Otolaryngology
- Source :
- Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 52:123-133
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- A Pediatric Tracheostomy Care Index (PTCI) was developed by the authors to standardize care and drive quality improvement efforts at their institution. The PTCI comprises 9 elements deemed essential for safe care of children with a tracheostomy tube. Based on the PTCI scores, the number of missed opportunities per patient was tracked, and interventions through a "Plan-Do-Study-Act" approach were performed. The establishment of the PTCI has been successful at standardizing, quantifying, and monitoring the consistency and documentation of care provided at the authors' institution.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Quality management
medicine.medical_treatment
Psychological intervention
Pediatrics
Perioperative Care
03 medical and health sciences
Tracheostomy
0302 clinical medicine
Tracheotomy
Documentation
Humans
Medicine
Tracheostomy care
030223 otorhinolaryngology
Tracheostomy tube
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Quality Improvement
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
Otorhinolaryngology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Medical emergency
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00306665
- Volume :
- 52
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5591a6871e91e7bf5dc1be58043e8225