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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

ICD-11 Morbidity Pilot in Kuwait: Methodology and Lessons Learned for Future Implementation.

Islam Ibrahim, Mohammad Alrashidi, Mustafa Al-Salamin, Nenad Kostanjsek, Robert Jakob, Suhair Azam, Naela Al-Mazeedi, Fatima Al-Asoomi

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Islam IbrahimNational Center for Health Information, Ministry of Health, Sulibekhat 13001, Kuwait.ORCID 0000-0002-6521-1947
Mohammad AlrashidiFarwaniya Hospital, Ministry of Health, Farwaniya 81004, Kuwait.
Mustafa Al-SalaminNational Center for Health Information, Ministry of Health, Sulibekhat 13001, Kuwait.
Nenad KostanjsekWorld Health Organization, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Robert JakobWorld Health Organization, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6542-7548
Suhair AzamNational Center for Health Information, Ministry of Health, Sulibekhat 13001, Kuwait.
Naela Al-MazeediFarwaniya Hospital, Ministry of Health, Farwaniya 81004, Kuwait.
Fatima Al-AsoomiNational Center for Health Information, Ministry of Health, Sulibekhat 13001, Kuwait.
Ministry of Health · KWFarwaniya Hospital · KWWorld Health Organization · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper reports on the first ICD-11 morbidity pilot for inpatient discharges in a public general hospital. We detail the pilot methodology, lessons learned in terms of facilitators and challenges, physician-reported opinion, and considerations for future implementation. The pilot included: engaging stakeholders; selecting the setting; building a common understanding of the discharge process; evaluating and preparing IT infrastructure; ICD-11 training; small-scale pre-pilot testing; implementing the pilot while providing on-site support and collecting data for analysis including a brief user-experience survey. Overall, physicians were satisfied with the experience. Facilitators for success included national health system influence, leadership commitment, a multidisciplinary team approach, physician-tailored training, using social media for training, and providing on-site support. Challenges included potential IT problems, and difficulties relating to training and engaging physicians. Issues to consider include DRG system requirements, and comparability of ICD-11 pilot results from different countries. In conclusion, ICD-11 can be successfully implemented for documenting diagnoses by physicians in a public hospital by installing the coding tool on the electronic hospital information system. Pilots can improve ICD-11 content by using the online proposal mechanism. Implementing ICD-11 requires effective change management, stakeholder-tailored communication, and innovative ideas for training to match the electronic nature of ICD-11 and its potential new users, physicians.

Indexed as

International Classification of DiseasesPhysiciansHumansKuwaitLeadershipMorbidityelectronic health information systemICD-11inpatientKuwaitmorbidity codingphysicianpilottraining

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PMID35270745
PMCPMC8910646
OpenAlexW4220676773

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