Gamification and Microlearning for Engagement With Quality Improvement (GAMEQI): A Bundled Digital Intervention for the Prevention of Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection

Benjamin Orwoll, Shelley Diane, Duncan Henry, Lisa Tsang, Kristin Chu, Carrie Meer, Kevin Hartman, Arup Roy-Burman

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Abstract

Central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) cause major patient harm, preventable through attention to line care best practice standards. The objective was to determine if a digital self-assessment application (CLABSI App), bundling line care best practices with social gamification and in-context microlearning, could engage nurses in CLABSI prevention. Nurses caring for children with indwelling central venous catheters in 3 high-risk units were eligible to participate. All other units served as controls. The intervention was a 12-month nonrandomized quality improvement study of CLABSI App implementation with interunit competitions. Compared to the preceding year, the intervention group (9886 line days) CLABSI rate decreased by 48% (P =.03). Controls (7879 line days) did not change significantly. In all, 105 unique intervention group nurses completed 673 self-assessments. Competitions were associated with increased engagement as measured by self-assessments and unique participants. This model could be extended to other health care–associated infections, and more broadly to process improvement within and across health care systems.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)21-29
Number of pages9
JournalAmerican Journal of Medical Quality
Volume33
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2018

Keywords

  • education
  • engagement
  • game theory
  • health care–associated infections
  • quality improvement

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Health Policy

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