CONNECT for quality: protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial to improve fall prevention in nursing homes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality improvement (QI) programs focused on mastery of content by individual staff members are the current standard to improve resident outcomes in nursing homes. However, complexity science suggests that learning is a social process that occurs within the context of relationships and interactions among individuals. Thus, QI programs will not result in optimal changes in staff behavior unless the context for social learning is present. Accordingly, we developed CONNECT, an intervention to foster systematic use of management practices, which we propose will enhance effectiveness of a nursing home Falls QI program by strengthening the staff-to-staff interactions necessary for clinical problem-solving about complex problems such as falls. The study aims are to compare the

SUBMITTER: Anderson RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3310735 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature