The project is currently seeking 750 hospitals around the U.S to participate

 

Orange County, CA - February 16th 2017 -  In an effort to reduce surgical site infections, the American College of Surgeons and Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality are employing a new healthcare initiative that is changing the way medical facilities deliver surgical care.

The Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) protocols, based on an article published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association Surgery, were able to improve surgical recovery times, improve safety, and lower costs by 30-50 percent in 20 different countries. In an attempt to replicate its success, the two organizations are seeking 750 hospitals that are prepared to completely transform the way they deliver surgical care. This involves making a five-step cultural change by thinking critically about the provided care and making evidence-based changes where necessary. Based on the report, these protocols include, “pre-operative counselling, preoperative nutrition, avoidance of perioperative fasting and carbohydrate loading up to 2 hours preoperatively, standardized anesthetic and analgesic regimens (epidural and non-opiod analgesia) and early mobilization.”

"This translates to better care for the patient," said Dr. Clifford Ko, director of the Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care at ACS. "We know that changing culture is paramount to improving quality of care.”

The project is currently seeking 750 hospitals around the U.S to participate

The two organizations have received $4 million in startup money from the Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality (AHRC), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources, with the possibility of receiving $16 million in total funding over the next three years if initial goals are met. The AHRC have led other similar successful evidence-based health delivery initiatives, like the one based on the Knowledge-to-Action Cycle, designed to reduce hospital-acquired infections and improving the safety for all patients.

The project is searching for any and all types of hospitals, from academic research institutions to more rural facilities, for participation in the study. The project will initially focus on abdominal operations in colorectal surgery, but later will include bariatric, orthopedic, gynecology and emergency general surgery.

Michael Rosen, Ph.D., associate professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins emphasized the importance of reinventing the delivery of care in participating hospitals and achieving success.

Benefits of the project consist of shorter inpatient stays, a lower rate of patient readmission after discharge, a decline in preventable infections and complications, and an improvement in overall satisfaction of care received by the patient.

 

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The project is currently seeking 750 hospitals around the U.S to participate   Orange County, CA – February 16th 2017 –  In an effort to reduce surgical site infections, the American College of Surgeons and Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality are employing a new healthcare initiative that is changing the way medical […]