Five principles to prioritise in small-scale surgical quality improvement: a qualitative study of the views of surgical improvement leaders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Variations in the quality and safety of surgical care remain persistent. Efforts to improve are needed, but are themselves variably effective, with often disappointing impacts. When compared with large-scale, multisite and better resourced improvement efforts, the evidence base for small-scale quality improvement (QI) has remained under-developed and lacking in clarity on good practice. We aimed to identify experienced leaders' views on the principles that should guide small-scale QI projects in surgery.

Methods

Two rounds of virtual focus groups were conducted with 10 QI leaders, comprising surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses from three countries (Ireland, the UK and the USA). All participants had formal training in improvement techniques and at least 10 years' exp

SUBMITTER: Ko CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751978 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature