Identification of patient information corruption in the intensive care unit: Using a scoring tool to direct quality improvements in handover
Identification of patient information corruption in the intensive care unit: Using a scoring tool to direct quality improvements in handover
复制标题
DOI:
10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181a96267
复制
发表时间:
2009-11-01
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Marsh, Brian
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Pickering, Brian W.;Hurley, Killian;Marsh, Brian
Objective: To use a handover assessment tool for identifying patient information corruption and objectively evaluating interventions designed to reduce handover errors and improve medical decision making. The continuous monitoring, intervention, and evaluation of the patient in modern intensive care unit practice generates large quantities of information, the platform on which medical decisions are made. Information corruption, defined as errors of distortion/omission compared with the medical record, may result in medical judgment errors. Identifying these errors may lead to quality improvements in intensive care unit care delivery and safety.Design: Handover assessment instrument development study divided into two phases by the introduction of a handover intervention.Setting: Closed, 17-bed, university-affiliated mixed surgical/medical intensive care unit.Subjects: Senior and junior medical members of the intensive care unit team.Interventions: Electronic handover page.Measurements and Main Results: Study subjects were asked to recall clinical information commonly discussed at handover on individual patients. The handover score measured the percentage of information correctly retained for each individual doctor-patient interaction. The clinical intention score, a subjective measure of medical judgment, was graded (1-5) by three blinded intensive care unit experts. A total of 137 interactions were scored. Median (interquartile range) handover scores for phases 1 and 2 were 79.07% (67.44-84.50) and 83.72% (76.16-88.37), respectively. Score variance was reduced by the handover intervention (p