Assessing and Improving Provider Knowledge for a Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Electronic Dashboard Initiative

Electronic dashboards measure intensive care unit (ICU) performance by tracking quality indicators, especially pinpointing sub-standard metrics. This helps ICUs scrutinize and change current practices in an effort to improve failing metrics. However, its technological value is lost if end users are...

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Published in:Healthcare (Basel) 2023-04, Vol.11 (8), p.1136
Main Authors: Garlejo, April, Bonner, Jacob, Paddock, Ashley, Park, John, Lyda, Nolan, Zaky, Ahmed, McMullan, Susan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical outcomes
Communication
Education
educational training
electronic dashboard
Electronic health records
Equipment and supplies
Hospitals
ICU quality indicators
Information technology
Intensive care
Intensive care units
Intervention
Knowledge
Medical records
Nursing
Project Report
Quality improvement
Search engines
Technology application
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Summary:Electronic dashboards measure intensive care unit (ICU) performance by tracking quality indicators, especially pinpointing sub-standard metrics. This helps ICUs scrutinize and change current practices in an effort to improve failing metrics. However, its technological value is lost if end users are unaware of its importance. This results in decreased staff participation, leading to unsuccessful initiation of the dashboard. Therefore, the purpose of this project was to improve cardiothoracic ICU providers' understanding of electronic dashboards by providing an educational training bundle in preparation for an electronic dashboard initiation. A Likert survey assessing providers' knowledge, attitudes, skills, and application of electronic dashboards was conducted. Subsequently, an educational training bundle, consisting of a digital flier and laminated pamphlets, was made available to providers for four months. After bundle review, providers were assessed using the same pre-bundle Likert survey. A comparison of summated scores from pre-bundle (mean = 38.75) and post-bundle surveys (mean = 46.13) yielded an increased summated score overall (mean = 7.38, ≤ 0.001). An educational bundle improved providers' understanding and increased their likelihood of using electronic dashboards upon its initiation. Further studies are needed to continue increasing staff participation such as providing specific education to navigate the interface for data retrieval and interpretation.
ISSN:2227-9032
2227-9032
DOI:10.3390/healthcare11081136