Healthcare Quarterly
Exploring Quality and Safety Best Practices at Leading International Centres
Abstract
Background: This project aimed to go beyond published literature to glean strategies and lessons learned on quality and safety (Q&S) best practices from centres with pre-eminent international reputations.
Methods: Nine centres participated in an interview; questions centred on approaches to building Q&S infrastructure around the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI's) Whole System Quality (WSQ) framework (Sampath et al. 2021).
Results: Inductive thematic analyses revealed recommendations for quality planning (e.g., making Q&S the central focus of an organization), quality control (e.g., triangulating Q&S metrics) and quality improvement (e.g., Q&S champions at all levels).
Conclusion: Recommendations provide a practical guide for the successful implementation of the IHI WSQ framework.
Comments
Be the first to comment on this!
This article is for subscribers only. To view the entire article
Note: Please enter a display name. Your email address will not be publically displayed