Outcomes of a Comprehensive Specialist Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nursing Service
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is best managed by a multidisciplinary team within a dedicated IBD service. IBD nurses play an important role within this team. We aimed to evaluate the contribution of our comprehensive outpatient IBD nursing service on patient outcomes, quality of care, and healthcare costs.
METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of all IBD nurse encounters with patients over a 12-month period from October 2020 to September 2021 at a tertiary IBD referral center. Each nurse encounter was classified with respect to its clinical context, activities, and outcomes. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize these encounters and an economic analysis was performed to estimate the cost savings to the hospital.
RESULTS: A total of 2537 nurse encounters occurred with 682 patients; 41% of encounters were nurse-initiated contacts with patients and 34% were patient-initiated contacts with the nurse helpline (26% via email, 8% via telephone). Most encounters involved clinical assessments (66%), providing education, counseling or updates (47%), and reviewing investigation results (38%). A gastroenterologist was consulted for advice in 35% of contacts. An estimated 29 emergency department visits, 1925 outpatient clinic visits, and 137 general practitioner visits were avoided. After deducting costs incurred, a net estimated annual saving of up to AUD $570 838 was achieved. Nurses commonly facilitated faster access to investigations (29%), education provision (28%), delivery of biologic services (25%), and medication changes (19%).
CONCLUSIONS: A comprehensive IBD nursing service is associated with improved patient outcomes and quality of care, and reduced healthcare costs. This study supports the expanding role of IBD nurses in a modern multidisciplinary IBD service and the need for greater funding and integration of IBD nurses into IBD services.
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Inflammatory bowel diseases - (2023) vom: 29. Aug. |
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| 520 | |a BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is best managed by a multidisciplinary team within a dedicated IBD service. IBD nurses play an important role within this team. We aimed to evaluate the contribution of our comprehensive outpatient IBD nursing service on patient outcomes, quality of care, and healthcare costs | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of all IBD nurse encounters with patients over a 12-month period from October 2020 to September 2021 at a tertiary IBD referral center. Each nurse encounter was classified with respect to its clinical context, activities, and outcomes. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize these encounters and an economic analysis was performed to estimate the cost savings to the hospital | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: A total of 2537 nurse encounters occurred with 682 patients; 41% of encounters were nurse-initiated contacts with patients and 34% were patient-initiated contacts with the nurse helpline (26% via email, 8% via telephone). Most encounters involved clinical assessments (66%), providing education, counseling or updates (47%), and reviewing investigation results (38%). A gastroenterologist was consulted for advice in 35% of contacts. An estimated 29 emergency department visits, 1925 outpatient clinic visits, and 137 general practitioner visits were avoided. After deducting costs incurred, a net estimated annual saving of up to AUD $570 838 was achieved. Nurses commonly facilitated faster access to investigations (29%), education provision (28%), delivery of biologic services (25%), and medication changes (19%) | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSIONS: A comprehensive IBD nursing service is associated with improved patient outcomes and quality of care, and reduced healthcare costs. This study supports the expanding role of IBD nurses in a modern multidisciplinary IBD service and the need for greater funding and integration of IBD nurses into IBD services | ||
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