The implementation of change model adds value to value-based healthcare: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Value-based healthcare (VBHC) is a concept that focuses on outcome measurement to contribute to quality improvement. However, VBHC does not offer a systematic approach for implementing improvement as implementation science does. The aim is to, firstly, investigate the implementation of improvement initiatives in the context of VBHC and secondly, to explore how implementation science could be of added value for VBHC and vice versa.

Methods

A case study with two cases in heart care was conducted; one without the explicit use of a systematic implementation method and the other one with the use of the Implementation of Change Model (ICM). Triangulation of data from document research, semi-structured interviews and a focus group was applied to evaluate the degree of me

SUBMITTER: Zipfel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6728951 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature