Pasqua Hospital

Setting: 35 bed medical unit at Pasqua Hospital

Timeframe: 6 months pre- and 6 months post-ACU & SIBR implementation

Summary: Despite a statistically comparable severity of illness present between the study ACU unit and control unit, the ACU showed significant improvements across several measures: Length of Stay, 30-day readmission, mortality, patient complaints & nursing overtime.

“We found that the typical hospitalist patient load of 14 could be seen in SIBR on a daily basis in under an hour. Statistically significant improvements were observed in length of stay and in both staff and patient satisfaction.

Sizable reductions in all cause mortality and 30-day readmissions were observed but did not reach statistical significance.

Our 6-month pilot may have been underpowered to determine statistical significance for several metrics. “

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reduction in Length of Stay

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reduction in mortality vs. 35% increase in control

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reduction in patient advocate complaints

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improvement in staff-manager relations

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reduction in nursing overtime per month

Pasqua Hospital

“We found that the typical hospitalist patient load of 14 could be seen in SIBR on a daily basis in under an hour. Statistically significant improvements were observed in length of stay and in both staff and patient satisfaction.

Sizable reductions in all cause mortality and 30-day readmissions were observed but did not reach statistical significance.

Our 6-month pilot may have been underpowered to determine statistical significance for several metrics. “

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