Factors associated with the impact of quality improvement collaboratives in mental healthcare: an exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) bring together groups of healthcare professionals to work in a structured manner to improve the quality of healthcare delivery within particular domains. We explored which characteristics of the composition, participation, functioning, and organization of these collaboratives related to changes in the healthcare for patients with anxiety disorders, dual diagnosis, or schizophrenia.

Methods

We studied three QICs involving 29 quality improvement (QI) teams representing a number of mental healthcare organizations in the Netherlands. The aims of the three QICs were the implementation of multidisciplinary practice guidelines in the domains of anxiety disorders, dual diagnosis, and schizophrenia, respectively. We used eight perf

SUBMITTER: Versteeg MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3313876 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature