Engagement among patients and clinicians is excellent, and the ERAS team is working toward realizing the vision of enhanced recovery hospitals where the ERAS paradigm becomes the standard of care for the 190,000 adult inpatients hospitalized in KPNC each year.”
How Kaiser Permanente Northern California implemented an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) project in 20 KPNC medical centers is described in this lengthy, scholarly article. The initiative began with colon surgery patients, but success in reducing inpatient length of stay and post-op complication rates has led to expansion of the ERAS model to other surgical patients. This article is well illustrated with graphics which will be helpful to other providers working through similar implementation projects, including a sample “My Calendar: Recover Safely and Quickly” intended for colon surgery patients.
Source: Liu, V.X., and others. (2017, Summer). The Kaiser Permanente Northern California enhanced recovery after surgery program: Design, development, and implementation. The Permanente Journal, 21(3), 53-61. Click here: http://www.thepermanentejournal.org/issues/2017/summer/6477-the-kaiser-permanente-northern-california.html Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org
Filed under: Best practices, Posted by Kim Garber, Surgical suite | Tagged: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), ERAS, Operating rooms |
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