Pediatric anesthesia & critical care

Development and implementation of local pediatric anesthesia performance metrics at a Canadian children’s hospital: a technical report

Can J AnaesthPublished Technical report

Authors' conclusion

We introduced and implemented customized pediatric anesthesia metrics within an academic pediatric hospital; however, this framework is easily adaptable across multiple clinical specialties and institutions.

Study context

Population
Attending anesthesiologists at an academic pediatric hospital in Canada
Outcome
Pediatric anesthesia performance metrics developed and implemented in the EHR
Methodological detailsquality-improvement metric development and implementation, quasi-nominal consensus group design, Agile methodology, single-centre
  • Quality-improvement metric development and implementation
  • Quasi-nominal consensus group design
  • Agile methodology
  • Single-centre

Recommendations

As reported in the abstract

Metrics developed addressing quality of care (e.g., induction experience, anesthesia delivery, unanticipated events, PACU stay) and provider performance (e.g., bundle-compliance, collaboration, skills assurance)
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Original publication

Development and implementation of local pediatric anesthesia performance metrics at a Canadian children’s hospital: a technical report. Can J Anaesth. Published 9 May 2024. doi:10.1007/s12630-024-02763-9

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