Evaluation of a local cooperative project to improve postoperative pain management in Wisconsin hospitals.
The effectiveness of a local collaborative quality improvement project in improving the management of postoperative pain for Wisconsin Medicare patients was assessed. Six quality indicators were evaluated on the basis of baseline data from 714 subjects at 15 collaborating hospitals and follow-up data from 406 subjects from the same 15 hospitals. After efforts to improve postoperative pain management, there was statistically significant improvement in all six quality indicators.
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MetaStar, Inc., Madision, WI, USA.
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Gordon
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Kloepfel
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Williams
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Martin
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Gold
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D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D016344:Medicare Part A; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011366:Professional Review Organizations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; D014922:Wisconsin