Barriers and facilitators to implementing priority inpatient initiatives in the safety net setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Safety net hospitals, which serve vulnerable and underserved populations and often operate on smaller budgets than non-safety net hospitals, may experience unique implementation challenges. We sought to describe common barriers and facilitators that affect the implementation of improvement initiatives in a safety net hospital, and identify potentially transferable lessons to enhance implementation efforts in similar settings.

Methods

We interviewed leaders within five inpatient departments and asked them to identify the priority inpatient improvement initiative from the last year. We then conducted individual, semi-structured interviews with 25 stakeholders across the five settings. Interviewees included individuals serving in implementation oversight, champion, a

SUBMITTER: Crable EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7427845 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature