Multistakeholder Collaborative Effort to Enhance Long-Term Follow-Up in the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative
ObjectiveTo determine the effectiveness of a clinical call center in performing focused long-term patient reported outcome (PRO)-based follow-up for ventral hernia patients in routine practice. BackgroundLong-term follow-up remains the mainstay of assessing quality of care in hernia management. Achi...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Annals of surgery open 2021-03, Vol.2 (1), p.e052-e052 |
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Zusammenfassung: | ObjectiveTo determine the effectiveness of a clinical call center in performing focused long-term patient reported outcome (PRO)-based follow-up for ventral hernia patients in routine practice. BackgroundLong-term follow-up remains the mainstay of assessing quality of care in hernia management. Achieving acceptable rates of long-term follow-up outside of clinical trials in the routine care of patients has been very difficult to achieve. MethodsA prospective quality improvement intervention using a clinical call center in 1000 random patients eligible for long-term (1 year or greater) follow-up after ventral hernia repair in the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative was performed. The primary outcome measure was the proportion of patients with successfully completed PRO-based long-term follow-up. ResultsBetween 2013 and 2017, the baseline long-term follow-up PRO completion rate was 2167/13,950 (15.5%). For the Focus on Follow-Up initiative, 890 patients were eligible for contact; a completion rate of 450/890 (50.6%, P < 0.001) was achieved. ConclusionsClinical call center-based patient contact can greatly facilitate the completion of PROs utilized for long-term follow-up in ventral hernia repair. This has important implications for quality improvement programs and postmarket device surveillance. |
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ISSN: | 2691-3593 2691-3593 |
DOI: | 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000052 |