What risks to sustainability are identified throughout care bundle implementation and how can they be addressed? A mixed methods case study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite national guidance on how to identify and treat heart failure (HF), variation in HF care persists across UK hospitals. Care bundles have been proposed as a mechanism to deliver reliable optimal care for patients; however, specific challenges to sustain care bundles in practice have been highlighted. With few studies providing insight into how to design or implement care bundles to optimise sustainability, there is little direction for practitioners seeking to ensure long-term impact of their initiatives. This study explores the sustainability risks encountered throughout the implementation of a HF care bundle (HFCB) and describes how these challenges were addressed by a multidisciplinary team (MDT) to enhance sustainability over time.

Design

A longitudinal

SUBMITTER: Lennox L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8202115 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature