Journal article
Innovations in the Assessment of Transplant Center Performance: Implications for Quality Improvement
American journal of transplantation, Vol.9(4), pp.959-969
01/01/2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02570.x
PMID: 19341418
Abstract
Continuous quality improvement efforts have become a central focus of leading health care organizations. The transplant community has been a pioneer in periodic review of clinical outcomes to ensure the optimal use of limited donor organs. Through data collected from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and analyzed by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), transplantation professionals have intermittent access to specific, accurate and clinically relevant data that provides information to improve transplantation. Statistical process control techniques, including cumulative sum charts (CUSUM), are designed to provide continuous, real-time assessment of clinical outcomes. Through the use of currently collected data, CUSUMs can be constructed that provide risk-adjusted program-specific data to inform quality improvement programs. When retrospectively compared to currently available data reporting, the CUSUM method was found to detect clinically significant changes in center performance more rapidly, which has the potential to inform center leadership and enhance quality improvement efforts.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Innovations in the Assessment of Transplant Center Performance: Implications for Quality Improvement
- Creators
- D. A. Axelrod - Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical CenterJ. D. Kalbfleisch - University of Michigan–Ann ArborR. J. Sun - University of Michigan–Ann ArborM. K. Guidinger - Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Ann Arbor, MIP. Biswas - PfizerG. N. Levine - Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Ann Arbor, MIC. J. Arrington - Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Ann Arbor, MIR. M. Merion - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of transplantation, Vol.9(4), pp.959-969
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02570.x
- PMID
- 19341418
- ISSN
- 1600-6135
- eISSN
- 1600-6143
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- 234-2005-37009C / Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), US Department of Health and Human Services; United States Department of Health & Human Services; United States Health Resources & Service Administration (HRSA)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984321870702771
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