Nirvani Goolsarran1, Grace Olowo1, Yun Ling2, Sadia Abbasi1, Erin Taub1, Getu Teressa3. 1. Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA. 2. Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA. 3. Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA. getu.teressa@stonybrookmedicine.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Early morning patient discharge from the hospital is increasingly being recognized as a key dimension of quality of care. At our institution, there is a significantly lower early discharge rate on the teaching hospitalist teams in comparison with the non-teaching teams. OBJECTIVE: To implement a resident-driven intervention in the teaching medical services to increase overall discharge order rate before 11 am (DOB-11) and assess the effect of this intervention on hospital length of stay (LOS), 30-day readmission rates (RR), and resident perception. DESIGN: Interrupted time series as well as controlled before-after designs. PARTICIPANTS: All inpatients discharged from general medicine units. INTERVENTIONS: We implemented an educational didactic in conjunction with resident-attending daily walk rounds followed by resident-led multidisciplinary discharge huddles to identify next-day discharges. MAIN MEASURES: The primary outcome was DOB-11 rates 18 months pre- and 12 months post-intervention. SECONDARY OUTCOMES: LOS and RR. Additionally, we assessed residents' perception of the early discharge protocol. KEY RESULTS: The DOB-11 rate increased from 12 to 29% (p < 0.001), LOS increased by 1.47 days (P < 0.001), and RR increased by 0.32% (P = 0.84), respectively, on the teaching teams. Compared with the non-teaching (control) teams, the teaching teams registered a greater increase in DOB-11 rate (by 17%, p < 0.001; ratio of adjusted ORs 2.16; 95% CI, 1.65, 2.85; p value < 0.001), small increase in LOS (by 0.74 day, p = 0.39; ratio of adjusted post-/pre-intervention ratio [teaching] and post-/pre- intervention ratio [non-teaching] = 1.05, 95% CI, 0.97, 1.14, p = 0.23), and relative increase in RR (by 3.98%, p = 0.07, and ratio of ORs = 1.35, 95% CI, 1.03, 1.8), p = 0.03). Approximately 55% (16/29) of the residents agreed that the early discharge initiative helped in understanding the importance of prioritizing patients for early discharge. Additionally, 55% (20/36) of the residents "agreed" that the early discharge initiative compromised their learning during teaching rounds. CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrates that DOB-11 is an achievable goal, not only for non-teaching teams but also for resident-run teaching teams.
BACKGROUND: Early morning patient discharge from the hospital is increasingly being recognized as a key dimension of quality of care. At our institution, there is a significantly lower early discharge rate on the teaching hospitalist teams in comparison with the non-teaching teams. OBJECTIVE: To implement a resident-driven intervention in the teaching medical services to increase overall discharge order rate before 11 am (DOB-11) and assess the effect of this intervention on hospital length of stay (LOS), 30-day readmission rates (RR), and resident perception. DESIGN: Interrupted time series as well as controlled before-after designs. PARTICIPANTS: All inpatients discharged from general medicine units. INTERVENTIONS: We implemented an educational didactic in conjunction with resident-attending daily walk rounds followed by resident-led multidisciplinary discharge huddles to identify next-day discharges. MAIN MEASURES: The primary outcome was DOB-11 rates 18 months pre- and 12 months post-intervention. SECONDARY OUTCOMES: LOS and RR. Additionally, we assessed residents' perception of the early discharge protocol. KEY RESULTS: The DOB-11 rate increased from 12 to 29% (p < 0.001), LOS increased by 1.47 days (P < 0.001), and RR increased by 0.32% (P = 0.84), respectively, on the teaching teams. Compared with the non-teaching (control) teams, the teaching teams registered a greater increase in DOB-11 rate (by 17%, p < 0.001; ratio of adjusted ORs 2.16; 95% CI, 1.65, 2.85; p value < 0.001), small increase in LOS (by 0.74 day, p = 0.39; ratio of adjusted post-/pre-intervention ratio [teaching] and post-/pre- intervention ratio [non-teaching] = 1.05, 95% CI, 0.97, 1.14, p = 0.23), and relative increase in RR (by 3.98%, p = 0.07, and ratio of ORs = 1.35, 95% CI, 1.03, 1.8), p = 0.03). Approximately 55% (16/29) of the residents agreed that the early discharge initiative helped in understanding the importance of prioritizing patients for early discharge. Additionally, 55% (20/36) of the residents "agreed" that the early discharge initiative compromised their learning during teaching rounds. CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrates that DOB-11 is an achievable goal, not only for non-teaching teams but also for resident-run teaching teams.
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early hospital discharge; length of stay; readmission
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