Risk Objective Assessment for Discharge planning (ROAD) Liz Lees Consultant Nurse (acute medicine) RGN., Dip HSM., BSc (hons)., MSc & PGR Dip. NIHR CAT Clinical Doctorate Research Fellowship
Sep 14, 2014
Risk Objective Assessment for
Discharge planning (ROAD)
Liz Lees
Consultant Nurse (acute medicine)
RGN., Dip HSM., BSc (hons)., MSc & PGR Dip.
NIHR CAT Clinical Doctorate Research Fellowship
Todays presentation
1. My journey to this point
2. Inspiration for the research
3. About the research - assessment
4. How does this all help discharge
planning?
5. The future – clinical academic careers
3
Part 1: Role development
Expert clinical
Service
developments
Practice
development
Research
development
Education, training and curriculum development
Leadership
NLD
Practice
EDD
VITAL
Pathways
Policy
Skills
GP Dis
Checklists
Process
Components of Discharge Planning ….
New roles
Assessment
Collaboration in the literature
Part 2: My Inspiration
Practice challenges:
Practice – the Key Issues (2014):
•Process that is transparent
•Process that works for emergency patients
•Process that works for nurses
•Estimating dates for discharge
•Increase use of Nurse Led Discharge
•Role specialisms – discharge coordination
•Competency/capability - staff on wards
Lets talk about assessment
• Assess
• Screen
• Document
• Multi-disciplinary
• Interdisciplinary
• Uni Disciplinary
• Model and transfer of?
An improvement on this !
Part 3: My Research
Hypothesis: The systematic use of a
standardised patient risk assessment tool
for discharge planning will improve;
‘the identification, assessment and
reassessment of patients' discharge
issues - prior to discharge; reduce failed
discharges/readmissions and lengths of
stay in hospital’
Research Aims
To robustly develop items required for a discharge assessment tool (risk assessment/screening).
Refine the tool in line with patient experience and the hospital discharge process
Conduct small scale feasibility testing in acute practice areas.
Conduct large RCT – following above tests
MOCK UP ONLY “ a tool’
How? Located with epistemology - Theory of knowledge: using
Progressivism and Constructivism
Stages of item identification and tool development:
1. Literature review – evidence gap ‘discharge assessment on admission’
2. Mapping of discharge process (21 Trusts enrolled)
3. Retrospective case note analysis – failed discharges (within 30 days)
4. (a) Focus groups with staff – perception of risk assessment
4. (b)PPi (PCPiE) or interviews with patients experienced failed discharge
Analy
sis
Allo
catio
n
Enro
lment
Control
Usual process
Intervention
Risk assessment
Feasibility tests
Acute medicine unit (84 beds)
Inclusion criteria:
Decision to admit
patient
LOS up to 5 days
Able to participate in
assessment on
admission
Exclusion criteria:
Patient due to be
discharged from AMU
Patient clinically unstable
End of life
Cognitively impaired &
presents to AMU alone
Outcome measures:
1. Reduction in length of stay: ratio data (hours/days) Mann Whitney
2. Reduce failed discharges: (at categorical level) – Chi-squared
3. Improve patient involvement: - Survey instrument
4. Evaluate staff perceptions of risk assessment tool: -Focus Groups
Literature Review & Policy
• England
• Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales
Discharge planning: can my study make things better?
As a Scholar
That discharge planning has become a
managed activity which has far too much
emphasis on ‘the organisation’ and ‘beds’
and ‘capacity’ than actual patient and
carer needs to form a realistic discharge
plan.
We must focus upon assessment skills.
The research questions
(background)
1.Does a risk assessment tool aid the identification of risks
for patients entering hospital via emergency care?
2.Will a risk assessment be conducive for use by staff
within emergency care?
3.What are the types of risk or predictive assessments
used related to discharge planning – wider topics such as
readmission prediction?
4.How will a discharge risk assessment align with other
assessments being undertaken for discharge planning – by
other professionals?
Research questions
(foreground) • What are the items of risk required on a discharge risk
assessment tool?
• Who will be the key professionals to use a discharge risk
assessment tool?
• Would a risk assessment tool aid the sharing of
information amongst different professionals involved in
the discharge planning?
• Would the early identification of risks reduce time lags in
the usual process between identification of risks and
actions (referrals etc)?
• Where does a risk assessment fit within the current
process of discharge planning from hospital?
What is the future?
• Clinical Academic Careers
• Informing the Policy
• Joint positions