Clinical Performance Measures for Neurocritical Care: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Neurocritical Care Society.
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Neurocritical Care
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Performance measures are tools to measure the quality of clinical care. To date, there is no organized set of performance measures for neurocritical care.
METHODS: The Neurocritical Care Society convened a multidisciplinary writing committee to develop performance measures relevant to neurocritical care delivery in the inpatient setting. A formal methodology was used that included systematic review of the medical literature for 13 major neurocritical care conditions, extraction of high-level recommendations from clinical practice guidelines, and development of a measurement specification form.
RESULTS: A total of 50,257 citations were reviewed of which 150 contained strong recommendations deemed suitable for consideration as neurocritical care performance measures. Twenty-one measures were developed across nine different conditions and two neurocritical care processes of care.
CONCLUSIONS: This is the first organized Neurocritical Care Performance Measure Set. Next steps should focus on field testing to refine measure criteria and assess implementation.
First Page
5
Last Page
79
DOI
10.1007/s12028-019-00846-w
Publication Date
2-1-2020
Recommended Citation
Livesay S, Fried H, Gagnon D, Karanja N, Lele A, Moheet A, Olm-Shipman C, Taccone F, Tirschwell D, Wright W, Claude Hemphill Iii J; Neurocritical Care Society. Clinical Performance Measures for Neurocritical Care: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Neurocritical Care Society. Neurocrit Care. 2020 Feb;32(1):5-79. doi: 10.1007/s12028-019-00846-w. PMID: 31758427.