A qualitative exploration of escalation of care in the acute ward setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

"Failure to Rescue" includes failing to prevent avoidable patient deterioration and death. Despite its use, delays in care escalation still affect patient outcomes.

Aims and objective

The aim of this qualitative service evaluation was to map the barriers and facilitators to the escalation of care in the acute ward setting and identify those that are modifiable.

Design

A total of 55 hours of qualitative observations were completed to capture care escalation events. These were conducted at two hospital sites in one National Health Service trust.

Methods

Observations were iterative, with research team meetings being used to discuss the data and future methods. Field notes were analysed thematically by two researchers, extracting data on barriers and fac

SUBMITTER: Ede J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7217245 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature