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Educational needs assessment identifying opportunities to improve sepsis care
INTRODUCTION: In 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services developed a national quality bundle for the management of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock (SEP-1). Despite performance improvement measures, compliance remains low. This needs assessment is the first stage of a qualit...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9723901/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36588307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001930 |
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author | Davino, Tammy Van Hoof, Thomas J Elwell, Joy DeLayo, Michelle |
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description | INTRODUCTION: In 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services developed a national quality bundle for the management of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock (SEP-1). Despite performance improvement measures, compliance remains low. This needs assessment is the first stage of a quality improvement initiative to improve SEP-1 compliance. Using a conceptual outcomes framework, this needs assessment analyses SEP-1 compliance data, knowledge, and competence to identify gaps in care and educational opportunities. METHODS: The needs assessment began with a review of national and statewide SEP-1 compliance data to identify a need for improvement. The needs assessment proceeded with a retrospective chart review to evaluate process measures and identify which providers would most likely benefit from educational interventions. A focus group provided perspective on the chart review findings. RESULTS: During the period of 1 April 2017–31 March 2018, national SEP-1 compliance was 51% and compliance at the studied institution was 19%. The chart review included 51 patients (66.7% severe sepsis, 33.3% septic shock). Frequently missed SEP-1 measures included administration of intravenous fluids (0% severe sepsis, 58.8% septic shock), repeat lactate levels (52.6% severe sepsis, 60% septic shock), documentation of volume and tissue perfusion assessment (58.8%), vasopressor administration (73.3%) and administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics (76.5%, severe sepsis). Focus group perceptions identified themes related to gaps in declarative and dispositional knowledge. CONCLUSIONS: This educational needs assessment highlights gaps in SEP-1 clinician performance, competence and knowledge. A multifaceted education programme is the next step for this performance improvement project. Education should include a series of meetings, activities, and workshops that include declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge and dispositional knowledge. Simulation activities can provide an opportunity for providers to demonstrate competence. Point-of-care prompts and performance measurement and feedback of patient care data can support clinician performance. This needs assessment underscores the need for a multifaceted approach to clinician education and performance to improve SEP-1 compliance. |
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spelling | pubmed-97239012022-12-07 Educational needs assessment identifying opportunities to improve sepsis care Davino, Tammy Van Hoof, Thomas J Elwell, Joy DeLayo, Michelle BMJ Open Qual Original Research INTRODUCTION: In 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services developed a national quality bundle for the management of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock (SEP-1). Despite performance improvement measures, compliance remains low. This needs assessment is the first stage of a quality improvement initiative to improve SEP-1 compliance. Using a conceptual outcomes framework, this needs assessment analyses SEP-1 compliance data, knowledge, and competence to identify gaps in care and educational opportunities. METHODS: The needs assessment began with a review of national and statewide SEP-1 compliance data to identify a need for improvement. The needs assessment proceeded with a retrospective chart review to evaluate process measures and identify which providers would most likely benefit from educational interventions. A focus group provided perspective on the chart review findings. RESULTS: During the period of 1 April 2017–31 March 2018, national SEP-1 compliance was 51% and compliance at the studied institution was 19%. The chart review included 51 patients (66.7% severe sepsis, 33.3% septic shock). Frequently missed SEP-1 measures included administration of intravenous fluids (0% severe sepsis, 58.8% septic shock), repeat lactate levels (52.6% severe sepsis, 60% septic shock), documentation of volume and tissue perfusion assessment (58.8%), vasopressor administration (73.3%) and administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics (76.5%, severe sepsis). Focus group perceptions identified themes related to gaps in declarative and dispositional knowledge. CONCLUSIONS: This educational needs assessment highlights gaps in SEP-1 clinician performance, competence and knowledge. A multifaceted education programme is the next step for this performance improvement project. Education should include a series of meetings, activities, and workshops that include declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge and dispositional knowledge. Simulation activities can provide an opportunity for providers to demonstrate competence. Point-of-care prompts and performance measurement and feedback of patient care data can support clinician performance. This needs assessment underscores the need for a multifaceted approach to clinician education and performance to improve SEP-1 compliance. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9723901/ /pubmed/36588307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001930 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Research Davino, Tammy Van Hoof, Thomas J Elwell, Joy DeLayo, Michelle Educational needs assessment identifying opportunities to improve sepsis care |
title | Educational needs assessment identifying opportunities to improve sepsis care |
title_full | Educational needs assessment identifying opportunities to improve sepsis care |
title_fullStr | Educational needs assessment identifying opportunities to improve sepsis care |
title_full_unstemmed | Educational needs assessment identifying opportunities to improve sepsis care |
title_short | Educational needs assessment identifying opportunities to improve sepsis care |
title_sort | educational needs assessment identifying opportunities to improve sepsis care |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9723901/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36588307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001930 |
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