Better at home: A quality improvement initiative to increase same day discharge after minimally invasive hysterectomies in gynecologic oncology
Pamela N Peters, Madeline Morello, Jamie Tyler-Walker, Emily Sterrett, Heather McLean, Laura J Havrilesky · 2026
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Pamela N Peters and colleagues report a 2026 quality improvement project that got more gynecologic oncology patients home the same day after minimally invasive hysterectomy. The team at a large academic center set out to lift same-day discharge from a 61 percent baseline toward 90 percent within eight months, without pushing patients into emergency care.
Working under the Institute for Healthcare Improvement model, they standardized the process by dropping routine void trials and fixing consent language, taught patients what to expect, and reviewed cases at division meetings. The aim was a culture that supports early discharge. Over one year the same-day rate rose to 85 percent, and cases booked as ambulatory surgery jumped from 3.5 percent to 81 percent. Recovery room time and emergency visits within a week did not budge, which the authors read as a safe win.
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| CREATOR | Pamela N Peters, Madeline Morello, Jamie Tyler-Walker, Emily Sterrett, Heather McLean, Laura J Havrilesky |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41922 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |