Use of prescribing safety quality improvement reports in UK general practices: a qualitative assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality improvement (QI) initiatives are increasingly used to improve the quality of care and reduce prescribing errors. The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) QI initiative uses routinely collected electronic primary care data to provide bespoke practice-level reports on prescribing safety. The aim of this study was to explore how the QI reports were used, barriers and facilitators to use, long-term culture change and perceived impact on patient care and practices systems as a result of receiving the reports.

Methods

A qualitative study using purposive sampling of practices contributing to the CPRD, semi-structured interviews and inductive thematic analysis. We interviewed general practitioners, pharmacist

SUBMITTER: Khan NF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8077765 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature