Feasibility and Impact of an Evidence-Based Program for Gastric Bypass Surgery
- 2 February 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Vol. 220 (5), 855-862
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.01.040
Abstract
Health care in the United States is expensive and quality is variable. The aim of this study was to investigate whether our integrated health system, composed of academic hospitals, a practice plan, and a managed care payer, could reliably implement an evidence-based program for gastric bypass surgery. A secondary aim was to evaluate the impact of the program on clinical outcomes. A standardized program for delivery of clinical best-practice elements for patients undergoing initial open or laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass was implemented in 2008. Best-practice elements were embedded into the workflow. The best-practice elements were refined after reviewing failures observed during the early implementation period. The study period was divided into 3 groups: group α = year preceding program implementation (control), group β = first year of implementation (unreliable), and group Ω = 2nd to 4th years of implementation (reliable). Outcomes data were collected for all patients who had undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass between May 2008 and April 2012 and were compared with a control group from the preceding year using multiple logistic regression analysis. Two thousand and sixty-one patients were studied, with no significant demographic differences between study groups. Best-practice elements delivery was 40% in group β, but was >90% for group Ω (p < 0.001). Length of stay for group α was 3.5 days and improved to 2.2 days (p < 0.001) for group Ω. Complications and readmission rates improved considerably with reliable delivery of best-practice elements. Standardization of evidence-based care delivery for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass was feasible and reliable delivery of this pathway improved clinical outcomes.Keywords
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