Why is reporting quality improvement so hard? A qualitative study in perioperative care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Quality improvement (QI) may help to avert or mitigate the risks of suboptimal care, but it is often poorly reported in the healthcare literature. We aimed to identify the influences on reporting QI in the area of perioperative care, with a view to informing improvements in reporting QI across healthcare.

Design

Qualitative interview study.

Setting

Healthcare and academic organisations in Australia, Europe and North America.

Participants

Stakeholders involved in or influencing the publication, writing or consumption of reports of QI studies in perioperative care.

Results

Forty-two participants from six countries took part in the study. Participants included 15 authors (those who write QI reports), 12 consumers of QI reports (practitioners who

SUBMITTER: Jones EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661647 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature