改善老年医学治疗升级计划的使用:质量改进项目
Jien Hwa Choo1, Rachel Dee1, Morven McElroy1
1Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, GBR.
Cureus
|November 25, 2025
概括
在老年医学中改进治疗升级计划 (TEP) 对以患者为中心的护理至关重要. 质量改善干预措施,包括检查清单和教学,显著提高了TEP完成率和及时性.
科学领域:
- 老年医学 老年医学
- 提高质量 提高科学 提高质量
- 临床决策 - 临床决策
背景情况:
- 治疗升级计划 (TEP) 对于记录患者在病情恶化期间的护理目标至关重要.
- 不一致的TEP完成,特别是在老年医学中,由于虚弱和多病症,使护理复杂化.
- 国家指导方针已经存在,但采用率仍然低于最佳,需要有针对性的干预措施.
研究的目的:
- 提高老年医学病房中TEP完成的吸收和及时性.
- 实施和评估TEP文档质量改进干预措施.
- 改善以患者为中心的决策在临床恶化的背景下.
主要方法:
- 从2025年4月到8月进行了一项为期两个周期的质量改进项目.
- 干预措施包括基于纸质的入学检查清单和多学科教学.
- 结果指标集中在TEP完成率,记录时间,不尝试心肺复苏 (DNACPR) 决策和顾问参与.
主要成果:
- TEP完成率从基线的28%增加到干预后的58%.
- 到TEP文档的中位时间从10.5天减少到5天.
- DNACPR文档增加到73%,顾问参与增加到27%,这两者都与改善的TEP及时性有关.
结论:
- 有针对性的质量改进干预措施可以显著提高TEP吸收率和老年医学的及时性.
- 虽然干预措施显示出好处,但持续改善需要正式教育和持续的战略.
- 加强TEP的使用支持对临床恶化面临的老年人更好的以患者为中心的决策.
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