Sustainability of healthcare system improvements, programmes and interventions in acute care settings: protocol for a mixed methods systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sustaining evidence-based care is challenging in all clinical settings. Acute care settings have a unique set of contextual factors that may impact sustainability (eg, fast-paced, regular staff turnover). Much of the previous research explores sustainability across undifferentiated healthcare settings making it difficult to determine factors that influence sustainability in acute care settings. The aim of this review is to identify facilitators and barriers that influence the delivery of sustained healthcare interventions (eg, integration of clinical guidelines) within adult and paediatric hospital-based acute care settings.

Methods and analysis

A mixed methods systematic review updating Cowie et al's (which included studies from 2008 to 2017) previously

SUBMITTER: Ramsden V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11808872 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature