Abstract
Background: A number of challenges impede our ability to consistently provide high quality care to patients hospitalized with medical conditions. Teams are large, team membership continually evolves, and physicians are often spread across multiple units and floors. Moreover, patients and family members are generally poorly informed and lack opportunities to partner in decision making. Prior studies have tested interventions to redesign aspects of the care delivery system for hospitalized medical patients, but the majority have evaluated the effect of a single intervention. We believe these interventions represent complementary and mutually reinforcing components of a redesigned clinical microsystem. Our specific objective for this study is to implement a set of evidence-based complementary interventions across a range of clinical microsystems, identify factors and strategies associated with successful implementation, and evaluate the impact on quality.
Methods: The RESET project uses the Advanced and Integrated MicroSystems (AIMS) interventions. The AIMS interventions consist of 1) Unit-based Physician Teams, 2) Unit Nurse-Physician Co-leadership, 3) Enhanced Interprofessional Rounds, 4) Unit-level Performance Reports, and 5) Patient Engagement Activities. Four hospital sites were chosen to receive guidance and resources as they implement the AIMS interventions. Each study site has assembled a local leadership team, consisting of a physician and nurse, and receives mentorship from a physician and nurse with experience in leading similar interventions. Primary outcomes include teamwork climate, assessed using the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire, and adverse events using the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System (MPSMS). RESET uses a parallel group study design and two group pretest-posttest analyses for primary outcomes. We use a multi-method approach to collect and triangulate qualitative data collected during 3 visits to study sites. We will use cross-case comparisons to consider how site-specific contextual factors interact with the variation in the intensity and fidelity of implementation to affect teamwork and patient outcomes.
Discussion: The RESET study provides mentorship and resources to assist hospitals as they implement complementary and mutually reinforcing components to redesign the clinical microsystems caring for medical patients. Our findings will be of interest and directly applicable to all hospitals providing care to patients with medical conditions.
Trial Registration: NCT03745677. Retrospectively registered on November 19, 2018.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-8-2019
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4116-z
Funding Information
The RESET study is supported by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). R18 HS25649.
Repository Citation
O'Leary, Kevin J.; Johnson, Julie K.; Manojlovich, Milisa; Goldstein, Jenna D.; Lee, Jungwha; and Williams, Mark V., "Redesigning Systems to Improve Teamwork and Quality for Hospitalized Patients (RESET): Study Protocol Evaluating the Effect of Mentored Implementation to Redesign Clinical Microsystems" (2019). Center for Health Services Research Faculty Publications. 8.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/chsr_facpub/8
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Notes/Citation Information
Published in BMC Health Services Research, v. 19, article no. 293, p. 1-11.
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