Using Lean-Facilitation to Improve Quality of Hepatitis C Testing in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lean management has been successfully employed in healthcare to improve outcomes and efficiencies. Facilitation is increasingly being used to support evidence-based practice uptake in healthcare. However, while both Lean and Facilitation are used in healthcare quality improvement, limited research has explored their integration and the sustainability of their combined effects.

Objective

To improve hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening rates among persons born between 1945 and 1965 through the design and evaluation of a multi-modal Lean-Facilitation intervention (LFI) for Department of Veterans Affairs primary care community clinics.

Design

We conducted a mixed methods quasi-experimental evaluation in eight clinics, guided by the integrated Promoting Action on R

SUBMITTER: Yakovchenko V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7878607 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature