High Stakes and High Risk

Martinez, Elizabeth A.; Thompson, David A.; Errett, Nicole A.; Kim, George R.; Bauer, Laura; Lubomski, Lisa H.; Gürses, Ayşe P.; Marsteller, Jill A.; Mohit, Babak; Goeschel, Christine A.; Pronovost, Peter J.

doi:10.1213/ane.0b013e31820bfe8e

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“…[57][58][59][60][61][62] So, too, do those that arise as a consequence of surgery. 63,64 A more hidden cause is, quite simply, incorrect diagnosis. [65][66][67][68][69] In addition, there is variation in the delivery of medical and nursing care.…”

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A realist analysis of hospital patient safety in Wales: applied learning for alternative contexts from a multisite case study

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Kitchener

Waring

2015

Health Serv Deliv Res

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BackgroundHospital patient safety is a major social problem. In the UK, policy responses focus on the introduction of improvement programmes that seek to implement evidence-based clinical practices using the Model for Improvement, Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle. Empirical evidence that the outcomes of such programmes vary across hospitals demonstrates that the context of their implementation matters. However, the relationships between features of context and the implementation of safety programmes are both undertheorised and poorly understood in empirical terms.ObjectivesThis study is designed to address gaps in conceptual, methodological and empirical knowledge about the influence of context on the local implementation of patient safety programmes.DesignWe used concepts from critical realism and institutional analysis to conduct a qualitative comparative-intensive case study involving 21 hospitals across all seven Welsh health boards. We focused on the local implementation of three focal interventions from the 1000 Lives+patient safety programme: Improving Leadership for Quality Improvement, Reducing Surgical Complications and Reducing Health-care Associated Infection. Our main sources of data were 160 semistructured interviews, observation and 1700 health policy and organisational documents. These data were analysed using the realist approaches of abstraction, abduction and retroduction.SettingWelsh Government and NHS Wales.ParticipantsInterviews were conducted with 160 participants including government policy leads, health managers and professionals, partner agencies with strategic oversight of patient safety, advocacy groups and academics with expertise in patient safety.Main outcome measuresIdentification of the contextual factors pertinent to the local implementation of the 1000 Lives+patient safety programme in Welsh NHS hospitals.ResultsAn innovative conceptual framework harnessing realist social theory and institutional theory was produced to address challenges identified within previous applications of realist inquiry in patient safety research. This involved the development and use of an explanatory intervention–context–mechanism–agency–outcome (I-CMAO) configuration to illustrate the processes behind implementation of a change programme. Our findings, illustrated by multiple nested I-CMAO configurations, show how local implementation of patient safety interventions are impacted and modified by particular aspects of context: specifically, isomorphism, by which an intervention becomes adapted to the environment in which it is implemented; institutional logics, the beliefs and values underpinning the intervention and its source, and their perceived legitimacy among different groups of health-care professionals; and the relational structure and power dynamics of the functional group, that is, those tasked with implementing the initiative. This dynamic interplay shapes and guides actions leading to the normalisation or the rejection of the patient safety programme.ConclusionsHeightened awareness of the influence of context on the local implementation of patient safety programmes is required to inform the design of such interventions and to ensure their effective implementation and operationalisation in the day-to-day practice of health-care teams. Future work is required to elaborate our conceptual model and findings in similar settings where different interventions are introduced, and in different settings where similar innovations are implemented.FundingThe National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research programme.

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A realist analysis of hospital patient safety in Wales: applied learning for alternative contexts from a multisite case study

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Kitchener

Waring

2015

Health Serv Deliv Res

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“…The aim is harm-free cardiac surgery. Early findings emphasize the importance of a culture in which staff feel able to speak up if they see something that might be going wrong and of teamwork and communication (25,26). Moreover, there is evidence that teamwork and communication in health care can be improved (27).…”

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Teamwork, Communication, Formula-One Racing and the Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery

Merry¹,

Weller²,

Mitchell³

2014

J Extra Corpor Technol

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Most cardiac units achieve excellent results today, but the risk of cardiac surgery is still relatively high, and avoidable harm is common. The story of the Green Lane Cardiothoracic Unit provides an exemplar of excellence, but also illustrates the challenges associated with changes over time and with increases in the size of a unit and the complexity of practice today. The ultimate aim of cardiac surgery should be the best outcomes for (often very sick) patients rather than an undue focus on the prevention of error or adverse events. Measurement is fundamental to improving quality in health care, and the framework of structure, process, and outcome is helpful in considering how best to achieve this. A combination of outcomes (including some indicators of important morbidity) with key measures of process is advocated. There is substantial evidence that failures in teamwork and communication contribute to inefficiency and avoidable harm in cardiac surgery. Minor events are as important as major ones. Six approaches to improving teamwork (and hence outcomes) in cardiac surgery are suggested. These are: 1) subspecialize and replace tribes with teams; 2) sort out the leadership while flattening the gradients of authority; 3) introduce explicit training in effective communication; 4) use checklists, briefings, and debriefings and engage in the process; 5) promote a culture of respect alongside a commitment to excellence and a focus on patients; 6) focus on the performance of the team, not on individuals.

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“…Cardiac surgery is the therapy of choice to treat complex or three-vessel coronary artery disease, congenital heart defects and valvular heart disease ( 1 ). Despite the decade-long effort of surgeons to improve cardiac surgery safety, it remains a high-risk procedure ( 2 ). Existing literature offers little guidance on best practices for identifying errors and improving procedure safety.…”

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Comprehensive comparative analysis of the prognostic impact of systemic inflammation biomarkers for patients underwent cardiac surgery

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BackgroundInflammation plays an integral role in the development of cardiovascular disease, and few studies have identified different biomarkers to predict the prognosis of cardiac surgery. But there is a lack of reliable and valid evidence to determine the optimal systemic inflammatory biomarkers to predict prognosis.MethodsFrom December 2015 and March 2021, we collected 10 systemic inflammation biomarkers among 820 patients who underwent cardiac surgery. Time-dependent receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) curve at different time points and C-index was compared at different time points. Kaplan–Meier method was performed to analyze overall survival (OS). Cox proportional hazard regression analyses were used to assess independent risk factors for OS. A random internal validation was conducted to confirm the effectiveness of the biomarkers.ResultsThe area under the ROC of lymphocyte-to-C-reactive protein ratio (LCR) was 0.655, 0.620 and 0.613 at 1-, 2- and 3-year respectively, and C-index of LCR for OS after cardiac surgery was 0.611, suggesting that LCR may serve as a favorable indicator for predicting the prognosis of cardiac surgery. Patients with low LCR had a higher risk of postoperative complications. Besides, Cox proportional hazard regression analyses indicated that LCR was considered as an independent risk factor of OS after cardiac surgery.ConclusionLCR shows promise as a noteworthy representative among the systemic inflammation biomarkers in predicting the prognosis of cardiac surgery. Screening for low LCR levels may help surgeons identify high-risk patients and guide perioperative management strategies.

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High Stakes and High Risk

Cited by 42 publications

References 64 publications

A realist analysis of hospital patient safety in Wales: applied learning for alternative contexts from a multisite case study

A realist analysis of hospital patient safety in Wales: applied learning for alternative contexts from a multisite case study

Teamwork, Communication, Formula-One Racing and the Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery

Comprehensive comparative analysis of the prognostic impact of systemic inflammation biomarkers for patients underwent cardiac surgery

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