Walking the line between assessment, improvement and learning: a qualitative study on opportunities and risks of incorporating peer discussion of audit and feedback within quality improvement in general practice.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is a broad call for change towards 'new era' quality systems in healthcare, in which the focus lies on learning and improving. A promising way to establish this in general practice care is to combine audit and feedback with peer group discussion. However, it is not known what different stakeholders think of this type of quality improvement. The aim of this research was to explore the opinions of different stakeholders in general practice on peer discussion of audit and feedback and on its opportunities and risks. Second, their thoughts on transparency versus accountability, regarding this system, were studied.

Design

An exploratory qualitative study within a constructivist paradigm. Semistructured interviews and focus group discussions were held and coded us

SUBMITTER: van der Winden D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9890762 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature