Reducing New Ileostomy Readmissions in a Rural Health Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Initiative. 2022

Mark A Eid, and Brant J Oliver, and Jenaya L Goldwag, and Philip J Gray, and Robert D Shaw, and Jessica R Henkin, and Matthew Z Wilson, and Srinivas Joga Ivatury
Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Readmission after ileostomy creation continues to be a major cause of morbidity with rates ranging from 15% to 30% due to dehydration and obstruction. Rural environments pose an added risk of readmission due to larger travel distances and lack of consistent home health services. This study aimed to reduce ileostomy-related readmission rates in a rural academic medical center. This is a rapid cycle quality improvement study. This single-center study was conducted in a rural academic medical center. Colorectal surgery patients receiving a new ileostomy were included in this study. Improvement initiatives were identified through Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles (enhanced team continuity, standardized rehydration, nursing/staff education). Thirty-day readmission, average length of stay, and average time to readmission served as main outcome measures. Roughly equal rates of ileostomy were created in each time point, consistent with a tertiary care colorectal practice. The preimplementation readmission rate was 29%. Over the course of the entire quality improvement initiative, re-admission rates decreased by more than 50% (29% to 14%). PDSA cycle 1, which involved integrating a service-specific physician assistant to the team, allowed for greater continuity of care and had the most dramatic effect, decreasing rates by 27.5% (29% to 21%). Standardization of oral rehydration therapy and the implementation of a patient-directed intake/output sheet during PDSA cycle 2 resulted in further improvement in readmission rates (21% to 15%). Finally, implementation of nurse and physician assistant (PA)-driven patient education on fiber supplementation resulted in an additional yet nominal decrease in readmissions (15% to 14%). Latency to readmission also significantly increased throughout the study period. This study was limited by its small sample size in a single-center study. Implementation of initiatives targeting enhanced team continuity, the standardization of rehydration therapies, and improved patient education decreased readmission rates in patients with new ileostomies. Rural centers, where outpatient resources are not as readily available or accessible, stand to benefit the most from these types of targeted interventions to decrease readmission rates. See Video Abstract at http://links.lww.com/DCR/B771. ANTECEDENTES:La readmisión después de la creación de una ileostomía sigue siendo una de las principales causas de morbilidad con tasas que oscilan entre el 15% y el 30% debido a la deshidratación y la oclusión. Un entorno rurale presenta un riesgo adicional de readmisión debido a las mayores distancias de viaje y la falta de servicios de salud domiciliarios adecuados.OBJETIVO:Reducir las tasas de reingreso por ileostomía en un centro médico académico rural.DISEÑO:Estudio de mejoría de la calidad de ciclo rápido.AJUSTE:Estudio unicéntrico en una unidad de servicio médico académico rural.PACIENTES:Pacientes de cirugía colorrectal a quienes se les confeccionó una ileostomía.INTERVENCIONES:Iniciativas de mejoría identificadas a través de los ciclos Planificar-Hacer-Estudiar-Actuar (Continuidad del equipo mejorada, rehidratación estandarizada, educación de enfermería / personal).PRINCIPALES MEDIDAS DE RESULTADO:30 días de readmisión, duración media de la estadía hospitalaria, tiempo medio de reingreso.RESULTADOS:Se crearon tasas aproximadamente iguales de ileostomías un momento dado de tiempo, subsecuentes en la práctica colorrectal de atención terciaria. La tasa de readmisión previa a la implementación del estudio fue del 29%. En el transcurso de toda la iniciativa de mejoría en la calidad, las tasas de readmisión disminuyeron en más del 50% (29% a 14%). El ciclo 1 de PDSA, que implicó la integración en el equipo de un asistente médico específico, lo que permitió una mayor continuidad en la atención y tuvo el mayor efecto disminuyendo las tasas en un 27,5% (29% a 21%). La estandarización de una terapia de rehidratación oral y la implementación de una hoja de ingresos / perdidas dirigida al paciente durante el ciclo 2 de PDSA resultó en una mejoría adicional en las tasas de readmisión (21% a 15%). Finalmente, la implementación de la educación del paciente impulsada por enfermeras y AF sobre el consumo suplementario de dietas con fibra dio como resultado una disminución adicional, aunque nominal, de las readmisiones (15% a 14%). La latencia hasta la readmisión también aumentó significativamente durante el período de estudio.LIMITACIONES:Estudio de un solo centro con un muestreo de pequeño tamaño.CONCLUSIONES:La implementación de iniciativas dirigidas a mejorar la continuidad en el equipo, la estandarización de las terapias de rehidratación y la mejoría en la información de los pacientes disminuyeron las tasas de readmisión en todos aquellas personas con nuevas ileostomías. Los centros rurales, donde los recursos para pacientes ambulatorios no están tan fácilmente disponibles o accesibles, son los que más beneficiaron de este tipo de intervenciones específicas para reducir las tasas de readmisión. Consulte Video Resumen en http://links.lww.com/DCR/B771. (Traducción-Dr. Xavier Delgadillo).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007081 Ileostomy Surgical creation of an external opening into the ILEUM for fecal diversion or drainage. This replacement for the RECTUM is usually created in patients with severe INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES. Loop (continent) or tube (incontinent) procedures are most often employed. Loop Ileostomy,Tube Ileostomy,Continent Ileostomy,Incontinent Ileostomy,Continent Ileostomies,Ileostomies,Ileostomies, Continent,Ileostomies, Incontinent,Ileostomies, Loop,Ileostomies, Tube,Ileostomy, Continent,Ileostomy, Incontinent,Ileostomy, Loop,Ileostomy, Tube,Incontinent Ileostomies,Loop Ileostomies,Tube Ileostomies
D010359 Patient Readmission Subsequent admissions of a patient to a hospital or other health care institution for treatment. Hospital Readmission,Rehospitalization,Unplanned Hospital Readmissions,Unplanned Readmission,30 Day Readmission,Hospital Readmissions,Readmission, Hospital,Readmissions, Hospital,Thirty Day Readmission,30 Day Readmissions,Hospital Readmission, Unplanned,Hospital Readmissions, Unplanned,Readmission, Patient,Readmission, Thirty Day,Readmission, Unplanned,Rehospitalizations,Thirty Day Readmissions,Unplanned Hospital Readmission,Unplanned Readmissions
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D012423 Rural Health The status of health in rural populations. Health, Rural
D058996 Quality Improvement The attainment or process of attaining a new level of performance or quality. Improvement, Quality,Improvements, Quality,Quality Improvements

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