Barriers and enablers in the implementation of a quality improvement program for acute coronary syndromes in hospitals: a qualitative analysis using the consolidated framework for implementation research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ischemic heart disease causes a high disease burden globally and numerous challenges in treatment, particularly in developing countries such as China. The National Chest Pain Centers Program (NCPCP) was launched in China as the first nationwide, hospital-based, comprehensive, continuous quality improvement (QI) program to improve early diagnosis and standardized treatment of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and improve patients' clinical outcomes. With implementation and scaling up of the NCPCP, we investigated barriers and enablers in the NCPCP implementation process and provided examples and ideas for overcoming such barriers.

Methods

We conducted a nationally representative survey in six cities in China. A total of 165 key informant interviewees, including direct

SUBMITTER: Zhou S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9158188 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature