Quality Control Indicators in Neurocritical Care

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-5765.2023.12.014

Abstract

Abstract: Neurocritical care is an interdisciplinary discipline at the intersection of clinical neuroscience and critical care medicine that treats patients with neurological diseases and present or potential organ dysfunction. In China, neurocritical care was established late and faces issues like uneven distribution of resources, practitioners with diverse backgrounds, and large differences in treatment concept and the level of diagnosis and treatment. According to the current situation of neurological care in China, based on the existing evidence-based data, drawing on domestic and international quality indicators, the Neurocritical Care Working Group of National Center for Healthcare Quality Management in Neurological Diseases organized experts in neurocritical care to develop the "Quality Control Indicators in Neurocritical Care" using a modified Delphi method. This indicator set includes a total of 23 indicators, categorized as process indicators, readmission indicators, and key disease indicators. The formulation of medical quality control indicator of neurocritical care will provide the first set of data indicator system that can be monitored for the improvement of neurocritical care quality in China. Continuously monitoring of this indicator system will enable longitudinal and cross-sectional comparisons. Targeted training programs based on these indicators will improve the understanding of medical staff on neurological care, standardize clinical practices, and improve the medical quality of neurocritical care.

Key words: Neurocritical care; Quality of medical care; Quality control; Quality control indicator

摘要： 神经重症是临床神经科学和重症医学的交叉学科，收治罹患神经系统疾病并存在或潜在器官功能障碍的患者。我国神经重症专业成立较晚，神经重症资源设置不均衡，从业人员背景较复杂，其救治理念和诊疗水平存在较大差异。国家神经系统疾病医疗质量控制中心神经重症疾病工作组根据我国神经重症现状，基于现有的循证医学证据，借鉴国内外质量控制指标，组织全国神经重症相关领域的专家，采用改良德尔菲法制定了“神经重症医疗质量控制指标”体系。该指标体系共23项指标，分别为过程性指标、重返类指标和重点病种患者相关指标。神经重症医疗质量控制指标的制定将为我国神经重症医疗质量改进的实施提供首套可供监测的数据指标体系。通过对该指标体系的持续监测可进行纵向和横向的比较。借助这些指标开展有针对性的培训，可提高医护人员对神经重症的认识，规范临床医疗行为，从而提升神经重症医学的医疗质量。

关键词: 神经重症; 医疗质量; 质量控制; 质控指标

The Neurocritical Care Working Group of National Center for Healthcare Quality Management in Neurological Diseases. Quality Control Indicators in Neurocritical Care[J]. Chinese Journal of Stroke, 2023, 18(12): 1450-1455.

国家神经系统疾病医疗质量控制中心神经重症疾病工作组. 神经重症医疗质量控制指标[J]. 中国卒中杂志, 2023, 18(12): 1450-1455.

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