ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: The study aims to define the set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) required to assess the Value delivered by managing patients with Clostridioides difficile infection through a Critical Pathway. We used the quadruple aim Value-Based approach, and we validated the set of KPIs with the Delphi method. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study focuses on patients on board a Critical Pathway on Clostridioides difficile Infection and targeted towards a Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT). FMT has been used to successfully treat recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. A two-round e-Delphi survey collecting data was conducted in 2019-2020 to validate the Value-Based evaluation tool. The Value-Based criteria taken into account are Clinical Outcomes, Experience of Care, Per-capita cost, Physician's burnout. RESULTS: The two rounds led to the validation of 50 items, and four primary clinical outcomes (Mortality rate, length of stay, readmission and complications related to the illness). CONCLUSIONS: The evaluation tool included is validated in its totality and can provide a comprehensive overview of the Value created by the Critical pathway for patients with Clostridioides difficile. We can extend the approach illustrated in this study can also to evaluate other Critical pathways.
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Clostridium Infections/therapy , Critical Pathways/standards , Evidence-Based Medicine/standards , Fecal Microbiota Transplantation/standards , Clostridioides difficile/pathogenicity , Clostridium Infections/complications , Clostridium Infections/epidemiology , Clostridium Infections/microbiology , Delphi Technique , Evidence-Based Medicine/methods , Humans , Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data , Practice Guidelines as Topic , Recurrence , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to collect the two years' data regarding the Integrated Trauma Management System (SIAT) by capturing the activity of its three Hubs in the Italian Lazio Region and test the performance of one of the Hubs' (Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, FPG -IRCCS) Major Trauma Clinical Pathway's (MTCP) monitoring system, introducing the preliminary results through volume, process and outcome indicators. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis on SIAT was conducted on years 2016 to 2018, by collecting outcome and timeliness indicators through the Lazio Informative System whereas the MTCP was monitored through set of indicators from the FPG - IRCCS Informative System belonging to randomly selected clinical records of the established period. RESULTS: Hubs managed 11.3% of the 998,240 patients admitted in SIAT. All patients eligible for MTCP were "Flagged", and 83% underwent a CT within 2 hours; intra-hospital mortality was 13% whereas readmission rates 16.9%. CONCLUSIONS: SIAT converges the most severe patients to its Hubs. The MTCP monitoring system was able to measure a total of 9 out of 13 indicators from the original panel. This research may serve as a departing point to conduct a pre-post analysis on the performance of the MTCP.
