The Perioperative Quality Improvement Programme (PQIP) is introducing the innovative pomVLAD dashboard, which includes easy-to-interpret displays representing 10 PQIP-recommended enhanced-recovery (ER) processes. This valuable tool focuses quality improvement (QI) efforts on specific pre-, intra-, and postoperative ER measures. A key indicator displayed on the dashboard is the proportion of patients DrEaMing (Drinking, Eating, and Mobilising) … Continue reading Harnessing pomVLAD for Quality Improvement in Colorectal Surgery
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Enhancing Postoperative Morbidity Monitoring with pomVLAD
We are excited to announce the launch of the Perioperative Quality Improvement Programme's (PQIP) postoperative morbidity variable life adjusted display charts (pomVLAD) for colorectal surgery in 2023. Following a pilot study in 10 hospitals, the refined quality-improvement dashboard will now offer all sites near-real time, risk-adjusted morbidity monitoring, along with the display of key enhanced-recovery … Continue reading Enhancing Postoperative Morbidity Monitoring with pomVLAD
A New Risk-Adjustment Model for Postoperative Morbidity in Colorectal Surgery
Every year, over 1.5 million major surgical procedures take place in the UK NHS, with around 25% of patients experiencing at least one complication. Existing risk-adjustment models for postoperative morbidity, such as the physiological and operative severity score for the enumeration of mortality and morbidity, are outdated and overestimate risk. Another popular model, the American … Continue reading A New Risk-Adjustment Model for Postoperative Morbidity in Colorectal Surgery
Dashboard updates – coming soon…
We're in the process of testing a round of updates to the dashboard to improve the way hospitals can identify patients with poor outcomes. These changes are based on feedback we received during our first round of interviews with sites currently trialling pomVLAD. We've made it easier to identify cases where the VLAD falls by … Continue reading Dashboard updates – coming soon…
Development of the pomVLAD risk-adjustment model
We've just uploaded information about how we developed the risk-adjustment model used to produce the VLAD charts for the project. You can find it here or click on the image below. The model was developed based on data from almost 4500 patients recruited to the Perioperative Quality Improvement Programme between December 2016 and January 2018. The model … Continue reading Development of the pomVLAD risk-adjustment model
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