Exploration of contextual factors in a successful quality improvement collaborative in English ambulance services: cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale, aims and objectives

Clinical leadership and organizational culture are important contextual factors for quality improvement (QI) but the relationship between these and with organizational change is complex and poorly understood. We aimed to explore the relationship between clinical leadership, culture of innovation and clinical engagement in QI within a national ambulance QI Collaborative (QIC).

Methods

We used a self-administered online questionnaire survey sent to front-line clinicians in all 12 English ambulance services. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of quantitative data and qualitative analysis of free-text responses.

Results

There were 2743 (12% of 22 117) responses from 11 of the 12 participating ambulance services. In the 3% of responders

SUBMITTER: Phung VH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5215672 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature