scholarly journals Telephone Call Follow-up: A Missed Educational Opportunity

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 780-780
Author(s):  
Justin N. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Educational Opportunity ◽  
Telephone Call

scholarly journals Efficiency and acceptability of an automated electronic system (DayCOR) compared with a telephone call system, for follow-up of day surgery patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole LT Tan ◽  
John R Sestan
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Data ◽  
Electronic System ◽  
Day Surgery ◽  
Telephone Call ◽  
Healthcare Organisation ◽  
Post Discharge ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Call System

Post-discharge phone calls are a widely used yet suboptimal method of ascertaining recovery of day surgery patients. We compared the efficiency of an automated electronic system of follow-up, the Day Care Anaesthesia Outcomes Recording Registry (DayCOR), and a telephone call system that was standard practice in our non-profit private healthcare organisation in Victoria, Australia. We also surveyed a group of clinicians to assess their acceptance of DayCOR compared with the telephone call system. DayCOR is a web-based system which collects, alerts, manages and analyses patient-reported outcomes. Patients may opt in to respond to a 15-question survey via a link sent by text message or email. DayCOR’s patient response rate was 77.5%, compared with 66.0% for the telephone call system. Both systems collected data on clinical, process, and experience outcomes. Completeness of data collection was 100% using DayCOR compared with 51%–61.4% of data items using the telephone call system. We estimated that replacing our telephone call system with DayCOR to follow up 60,000 day surgery patients a year would represent an annual cost reduction of AUD$101,345 (53%) using manual demographic data entry, and AUD$142,745 (74%) if DayCOR was integrated with the institution’s existing administrative software. Seventy-eight percent of day surgery nurses and 94% of anaesthetists preferred DayCOR to the telephone call system. All anaesthetists surveyed stated that DayCOR provided more valuable feedback, and almost one-fifth had changed their clinical practice as a result. DayCOR’s efficiency and acceptability will allow more effective collection of post-discharge patient outcomes than is currently possible in our institution, and will support interventional studies aimed at improving quality of recovery of day surgery patients.

scholarly journals Are responders to patient health surveys representative of those invited to participate? An analysis of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Pilot from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. e0254196
Author(s):  
Ian A. Harris ◽  
Kara Cashman ◽  
Michelle Lorimer ◽  
Yi Peng ◽  
Ilana Ackerman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Joint Replacement ◽  
Patient Reported Outcome Measures ◽  
Patient Reported Outcome ◽  
Telephone Call ◽  
Joint Replacement Registry ◽  
Asa Score ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Patient Reported

Background Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are commonly used to evaluate surgical outcome in patients undergoing joint replacement surgery, however routine collection from the target population is often incomplete. Representative samples are required to allow inference from the sample to the population. Although higher capture rates are desired, the extent to which this improves the representativeness of the sample is not known. We aimed to measure the representativeness of data collected using an electronic PROMs capture system with or without telephone call follow up, and any differences in PROMS reporting between electronic and telephone call follow up. Methods Data from a pilot PROMs program within a large national joint replacement registry were examined. Telephone call follow up was used for people that failed to respond electronically. Data were collected pre-operatively and at 6 months post-operatively. Responding groups (either electronic only or electronic plus telephone call follow up) were compared to non-responders based on patient characteristics (joint replaced, bilaterality, age, sex, American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) score and Body Mass Index (BMI)) using chi squared test or ANOVA, and PROMs for the two responder groups were compared using generalised linear models adjusted for age and sex. The analysis was restricted to those undergoing primary elective hip, knee or shoulder replacement for osteoarthritis. Results Pre-operatively, 73.2% of patients responded electronically and telephone follow-up of non-responders increased this to 91.4%. Pre-operatively, patients responding electronically, compared to all others, were on average younger, more likely to be female, and healthier (lower ASA score). Similar differences were found when telephone follow up was included in the responding group. There were little (if any) differences in the post-operative comparisons, where electronic responders were on average one year younger and were more likely to have a lower ASA score compared to those not responding electronically, but there was no significant difference in sex or BMI. PROMs were similar between those reporting electronically and those reporting by telephone. Conclusion Patients undergoing total joint replacement who provide direct electronic PROMs data are younger, healthier and more likely to be female than non-responders, but these differences are small, particularly for post-operative data collection. The addition of telephone call follow up to electronic contact does not provide a more representative sample. Electronic-only follow up of patients undergoing joint replacement provides a satisfactory representation of the population invited to participate.

Chronic headaches and middle meningeal artery embolization

2021 ◽  
pp. neurintsurg-2021-017602
Author(s):  
Joshua S Catapano ◽  
Katherine Karahalios ◽  
Visish M Srinivasan ◽  
Jacob F Baranoski ◽  
Caleb Rutledge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Subdural Hematoma ◽  
Middle Meningeal Artery ◽  
Telephone Call ◽  
History Of ◽  
Chronic Headaches ◽  
Gcs Score ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Headache Impact ◽  
Meningeal Artery

BackgroundThe middle meningeal artery (MMA) has been implicated in chronic headaches, but no studies have examined the relationship between MMA embolization and headaches.MethodsPatients treated with MMA embolization for a chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2020, were retrospectively assessed. Patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 15 at discharge received a follow-up telephone call to assess their history of chronic headache, defined as a headache ≥2 years before the cSDH and symptoms ≥2 days/month. A Headache Impact Test (HIT-6) was performed during the follow-up telephone call. The primary outcome was resolution or improvement of headaches after embolization.ResultsOf 76 patients undergoing MMA embolization for a cSDH during the study period, 56 (74%) had a discharge GCS score of 15. Of these 56 patients, 46 (82%) responded to a follow-up telephone call and were analyzed (mean [SD] age 68 [11] years; 36 [78%] men and 10 [22%] women). Nine (20%) reported chronic headaches before embolization. With a mean (SD) follow-up of 489 (173) days, eight of the nine patients reported improvement of chronic headaches, with seven having complete resolution. For these nine patients, the mean (SD) HIT-6 score was significantly higher before embolization than after embolization (64 [7.1] vs 40 [9.1], p<0.001).ConclusionIn patients with chronic headaches who underwent MMA embolization for a cSDH, the majority reported improvement of headaches after the procedure. Future prospective studies are warranted to assess the usefulness of MMA embolization to treat chronic headaches.

Follow-up

2018 ◽  
pp. 132-134
Author(s):  
Lorie Reilly
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Events ◽  
Medical Record ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Sleep Pattern ◽  
Telephone Call ◽  
Pediatric Sedation

Follow-up is an important part of the pediatric sedation process. Follow-up may be performed in several different ways, such as a telephone call, direct contact with the patient and family, a mailed questionnaire, or an in-person visit (e.g., inpatient). Adverse events that occur after the postsedation discharge and are reported during the follow-up process should be documented in the medical record, because this is important and useful information for future sedation encounters. During follow-up some of the topics for discussion with the parent may include any change in the child’s activity level, appetite, sleep pattern, or behavior. An evaluation of patient/family satisfaction may be incorporated into the follow-up.

scholarly journals Impact of Pharmacist Follow-up Intervention on Patient Return to a Community Pharmacy From a Convenient Care Clinic

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Michelle N. Schroeder ◽  
Johanna Potter ◽  
Kristen DiDonato ◽  
Aaron J. Lengel ◽  
Mary F. Powers
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Telephone Call ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Care Clinic ◽  
Group Methods ◽  
Letter Group ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Telephone Group

Background: Convenient Care Clinics (CCCs) located within the same facility as a retail pharmacy offer the opportunity for immediate fill of prescriptions from the CCC and may also provide a source of new customers for the pharmacy. Objective: To assess the impact of a follow-up intervention on new patients seen at a CCC returning to the pharmacy for subsequent prescription fills compared to the control group. Methods: New patients who filled a prescription from the CCC in November and December 2015 received an initial follow-up telephone call or letter, respectively, from the pharmacist within 10 days of their prescription fill date. The primary end point of the percentage of patient return was assessed for 3 months following the initial fill date. Secondary end points included number of prescriptions transferred and customer satisfaction scores. Results: Thirty-four out of 214 patients in the control group returned to the pharmacy for subsequent prescription fills (15.9%). Fourteen out of 52 patients in the telephone group returned to the pharmacy for additional prescription fills following a telephone call from the pharmacist. (26.9%, P = .063) Sixteen out of 77 patients in the letter group returned to the pharmacy after their first prescription. (20.8%, P = .329). Conclusions: Following-up with new patients to the pharmacy in the form of a personalized telephone call increases the likelihood of patients continuing to utilize the pharmacy for their prescription needs.

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