The topic of my practicum project revolves around decreased excuse days or length of stay. The objectives of this thesis would be to evaluate the clinical outcomes of enhanced recovery interventions for acute care patients. As the researcher, I will identify the primary factors that push for the successful adoption, sustainability, and implementation of facilitated recovery initiatives in hospital settings. I will also make a summary of all existing information on patient experience concerning facilitated recovery interventions that point to reduced excuse days or length of stay. As a way of attaining these objectives, the project will describe the nature of various interventions helping in reducing the duration of hospital stays. It also identifies the factors known to influence both lengths of residence and assess their impact on patient outcomes as well as cost-effectiveness (Miani, et al., 2014).
The possible data points here include interviews, systematic literature reviews, economic evaluations and randomized trials. Both the interviews and economic evaluations are appropriate for assessing the impact of early release programs on health and cost outcomes. Also, the systematic reviews include articles picked from reputable databases to help in reaching appropriate conclusions. Thus, databases including EMBASE, MEDLINE, and DARE would play and important role in the analysis. All these resources are relevant information lists that can be useful in reaching appropriate conclusions.
This topic and data points are important because they respond to the growing interest in hospitals on the reduced length of stay in such harsh economic times. Individuals would want fewer hospital days yet few complications, reduced readmissions as well as enhanced outcomes. Thus, available evidence on efficient outcomes would play a vital role in defining the current conditions of health systems at organizational and patient capacities. The ultimate objective of this practicum is to find the interventions that enhance reduced hospital stays through less length of residence and excuse days (Paton, et al., 2014).
References
Miani, C., Ball, S., Pitchforth, E., Exley, J., King, S., Roland, M., . . . Nolte, E. (2014). Organisational interventions to reduce length of stay in hospital: a rapid evidence assessment. Health Services and Delivery Research, 2(52)., 1-145.
Paton, F., Chambers, D., Wilson, P., Eastwood, A., Craig, D., & D, F. (2014). Initiatives to reduce length of stay in acute hospital settings: a rapid synthesis of evidence relating to enhanced recovery programs . Health Serv Deliv Res, 2 (21), 1-52.
