Implementing quality improvement in vascular services: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Peripheral Arterial Disease Quality Improvement Programme (PAD QIP) was a quality improvement (QI) collaborative between 11 English vascular surgery centres from May 2020 to May 2022, aiming to expedite treatment for PAD. This qualitative study explored beliefs about the PAD QIP and barriers and facilitators to implementation of changes in vascular surgery.

Methods

Sixteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with clinicians from the vascular centres that participated in the PAD QIP and were analysed using framework analysis, based on the five broad domains within the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.

Results

Five themes captured the main factors that affected the implementation of changes in the pathway of patients with chronic l

SUBMITTER: Birmpili P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12853451 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature