Journal
JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC
DOI: 10.2196/22536
Keywords
cardiac surgery; quality; protocol; study; coronary artery bypass grafting surgery; complications; patient risk; variation; intraoperative; improvement
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This study aims to investigate the relationship between peer assessments of intraoperative skills and practices with complication rates, as well as the feasibility of using computer-based metrics for assessment. The project has been funded and undergone preliminary review, with the potential to enhance the quality and safety of cardiac surgical patient care through identifying effective targets for improvement initiatives.
Background: Of the 150,000 patients annually undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, 35% develop complications that increase mortality 5 fold and expenditure by 50%. Differences in patient risk and operative approach explain only 2% of hospital variations in some complications. The intraoperative phase remains understudied as a source of variation, despite its complexity and amenability to improvement. Objective: The objectives of this study are to (1) investigate the relationship between peer assessments of intraoperative technical skills and nontechnical practices with risk-adjusted complication rates and (2) evaluate the feasibility of using computer-based metrics to automate the assessment of important intraoperative technical skills and nontechnical practices. Methods: This multicenter study will use video recording, established peer assessment tools, electronic health record data, registry data, and a high-dimensional computer vision approach to (1) investigate the relationship between peer assessments of surgeon technical skills and variability in risk-adjusted patient adverse events; (2) investigate the relationship between peer assessments of intraoperative team-based nontechnical practices and variability in risk-adjusted patient adverse events; and (3) use quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the feasibility of using objective, data-driven, computer-based assessments to automate the measurement of important intraoperative determinants of risk-adjusted patient adverse events. Results: The project has been funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in 2019 (R01HL146619). Preliminary Institutional Review Board review has been completed at the University of Michigan by the Institutional Review Boards of the University of Michigan Medical School. Conclusions: We anticipate that this project will substantially increase our ability to assess determinants of variation in complication rates by specifically studying a surgeon's technical skills and operating room team member nontechnical practices. These findings may provide effective targets for future trials or quality improvement initiatives to enhance the quality and safety of cardiac surgical patient care.
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