Successful Implementation of Enhanced Recovery in Elective Colorectal Surgery is Variable and Dependent on the Local Environment

Objective: To evaluate local hospital success with enhanced recovery implementation as measured by colorectal surgery process measure (PM) compliance and characterize local environment factors associated with success within a contemporary quality improvement collaborative. Summary Background Data: Enhanced recovery programs (ERP) have proven an effective perioperative quality improvement strategy, but local variation in implementation can hinder patient outcome improvement. Methods: Individual hospitals participating in a national colorectal ERP quality improvement program were evaluated with quantitative (patient-level process and outcome) and qualitative (survey and structured interviews with hospital teams) data between 2017 and 2020. Hospitals with implementation success were identified: high performers (80% of elective colorectal surgery patients compliant with>6/9 PMs) and high improvers (top quartile of PM adherence improvement over time). Hospital and implementation characteristics were compared with chi-square tests. Trends in average annual outcome change were estimated with logistic and linear regression. Results: Of 207 total hospitals, 62 were characterized as High Performance and 52 as High Improvement. High Performance hospitals were larger, with more annual colorectal surgeries (128 vs 101, P = 0.039). Qualitative assessment revealed fewer barriers of staff buy-in and competing priorities, and more experience with standardized perioper...
Source: Annals of Surgery - Category: Surgery Tags: PAPERS OF THE 141ST ASA ANNUAL MEETING Source Type: research