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CONTINUUM: measuring and managing the patient care process.

P E Collins1, J R Skafel, D I Atkinson

  • 1St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital.

Healthcare Management Forum
|March 4, 1995
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The CONTINUUM project uses a daily evaluation tool to assess patient care appropriateness and timeliness. This quality improvement initiative identifies care barriers and optimizes hospital resource use for better patient outcomes.

Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Quality Improvement
  • Patient Care Evaluation

Background:

  • Managing patient care appropriateness, timeliness, and acceptability is crucial.
  • Continuous improvement requires data-driven strategies.
  • Community hospitals face challenges in optimizing care processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the CONTINUUM project for concurrent patient care management.
  • To implement a quality and data-driven approach for continuous improvement.
  • To identify and stratify barriers to appropriate patient care.

Main Methods:

  • Initiated the CONTINUUM project in a community hospital setting.
  • Developed and applied a concurrent care plan evaluation tool daily.
  • Utilized the ACTIVITY index to categorize patients as ACTIV (appropriate) or non-ACTIV (inappropriate).

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Main Results:

  • Identified practice patterns and hospital resource utilization.
  • Stratified non-ACTIV patients by "barriers to care" (service, hospital, physician-related factors).
  • Described operational dimensions (bedside, organization, community) and change process factors.

Conclusions:

  • The CONTINUUM project provides a framework for real-time patient care assessment.
  • This needs-based strategy facilitates rapid identification of care inefficiencies.
  • The approach supports continuous quality improvement in hospital settings.