The Development and Implementation of a Perioperative Quality Dashboard.

Area of Science:

• Healthcare Quality Improvement
• Nursing Informatics
• Patient Safety

Background:

• Quality dashboards are vital for monitoring healthcare processes and identifying areas for improvement.
• The perioperative setting presents unique challenges for quality monitoring and improvement initiatives.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop and implement a perioperative quality dashboard to enhance patient care and outcomes.
• To empower frontline staff and leadership with accessible data for trend analysis and risk evaluation.

Main Methods:

• Collaboration between perioperative nursing, leadership, quality advisors, and data analysts.
• Utilizing the Institute of Medicine framework and Donabedian model for dashboard development.
• Selection of key quality metrics including safety events, infection rates, and efficiency indicators, with evidence-based visualization.

Main Results:

• Successful development and implementation of a perioperative quality dashboard.
• Dissemination through multimodal strategies to promote engagement and transparency.
• Encouraged a culture of data-driven feedback and quality improvement initiatives.

Conclusions:

• The perioperative quality dashboard is an effective tool for continuous quality improvement.
• Accessible data visualization empowers staff to actively participate in enhancing patient care.
• The dashboard facilitates proactive risk management and trend analysis in the perioperative environment.