Inspecting teams' and organisations' expectations regarding external inspections in health care: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a gap in the literature regarding what takes place between the announcement of a regulatory intervention, such as an external inspection of a health care organisation, and the inspecting body's site visit. This study aimed to explore inspecting bodies' expectations of how inspected organisations should prepare before an external inspection and to elucidate how inspected health care organisations prepare before site visits.

Methods

This qualitative study was based on data from 17 group interviews with a total of 75 participants representing inspection teams, organisation leaders and clinicians in inspected health care organisations. The data were analysed using a qualitative content analysis method.

Results

We identified two approaches to how the in

SUBMITTER: Hovlid E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7346447 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature