Are quality improvement plans perceived to improve the quality of primary care in Ontario? Qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore primary care administrators' perceptions of provincially mandated quality improvement plans, and barriers to and facilitators of using quality improvement plans as tools for improving the quality of primary care.

Design

Qualitative descriptive study using semistructured interviews.

Setting

Ontario.

Participants

Eleven primary care administrators (ie, executive directors, director of clinical services, office administrators) at 7 family health teams and 4 community health centres.

Methods

All interviews were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed deductively to generate a framework based on a conceptual model of structural, organizational, individual, and innovation-related factors that influence the success of improv

SUBMITTER: Tran K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8516178 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature