What work is required to implement and sustain the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP)? A qualitative study of NSQIP implementation in Alberta, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Hospitals introducing the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) face implementation challenges. To understand the work of embedding NSQIP into routine practice, we explored interactions between contextual factors and the work among implementation teams at the individual, team and organisational level to illuminate how to support and sustain NSQIP implementation.

Design

Qualitative interpretative study using thematic analysis.

Setting

Five contextually diverse hospital sites in Alberta, Canada, for in-depth interviewing and four additional hospitals for observation of NSQIP meetings.

Participants

9 Surgeon and Anaesthesiologist Champions; 6 Surgical Clinical Reviewers; 4 Directors and 1 Surgical Site Manager; 3 Operating Room Managers;

SUBMITTER: Schroeder D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483041 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature