Abstract
Chronic pain after hernia repair is an extremely complex problem. When complex problems exist in healthcare, there will be no one specific cause producing the outcomes. Multiple factors combine to produce a variety of outcomes for different patient subpopulations. Traditional reductionist, science-based clinical research tools will not be adequate to improve value-based outcomes. Complex systems science and tools such as value-based clinical quality improvement (CQI) and nonlinear statistical analytics do have the potential to help provide better outcomes for patients suffering from complex medical problems such as chronic pain after hernia repair. This chapter will describe the principles and methods for designing a CQI program for the management of patients with chronic pain after hernia repair. The discussion will describe some of the potential benefits of applying CQI for this patient group and the benefits that could occur if multiple collaborative CQI programs were implemented to improve the lives of patients with this condition.
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Ramshaw, B. (2016). Value-Based Clinical Quality Improvement for Chronic Groin Pain After Inguinal Hernia Repair. In: Jacob, B., Chen, D., Ramshaw, B., Towfigh, S. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Groin Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21587-7_45
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