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Characteristics of healthcare organisations struggling to improve quality: results from a systematic review of qualitative studies

Overview of attention for article published in BMJ Quality & Safety, July 2018
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Title
Characteristics of healthcare organisations struggling to improve quality: results from a systematic review of qualitative studies
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BMJ Quality & Safety, July 2018
DOI 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-007573
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Valerie M Vaughn, Sanjay Saint, Sarah L Krein, Jane H Forman, Jennifer Meddings, Jessica Ameling, Suzanne Winter, Whitney Townsend, Vineet Chopra

Abstract

Identifying characteristics associated with struggling healthcare organisations may help inform improvement. Thus, we systematically reviewed the literature to: (1) Identify organisational factors associated with struggling healthcare organisations and (2) Summarise these factors into actionable domains. Systematic review of qualitative studies that evaluated organisational characteristics of healthcare organisations that were struggling as defined by below-average patient outcomes (eg, mortality) or quality of care metrics (eg, Patient Safety Indicators). Searches were conducted in MEDLINE (via Ovid), EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and Web of Science from database inception through February 8 2018. Qualitative data were analysed using framework-based synthesis and summarised into key domains. Study quality was evaluated using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program tool. Thirty studies (33 articles) from multiple countries and settings (eg, acute care, outpatient) with a diverse range of interviewees (eg, nurses, leadership, staff) were included in the final analysis. Five domains characterised struggling healthcare organisations: poor organisational culture (limited ownership, not collaborative, hierarchical, with disconnected leadership), inadequate infrastructure (limited quality improvement, staffing, information technology or resources), lack of a cohesive mission (mission conflicts with other missions, is externally motivated, poorly defined or promotes mediocrity), system shocks (ie, events such as leadership turnover, new electronic health record system or organisational scandals that detract from daily operations), and dysfunctional external relations with other hospitals, stakeholders, or governing bodies. Struggling healthcare organisations share characteristics that may affect their ability to provide optimal care. Understanding and identifying these characteristics may provide a first step to helping low performers address organisational challenges to improvement. PROSPERO: CRD42017067367.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 447 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 69 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 42 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 33 7%
Researcher 30 7%
Student > Postgraduate 27 6%
Other 109 24%
Unknown 137 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 84 19%
Medicine and Dentistry 75 17%
Business, Management and Accounting 35 8%
Social Sciences 28 6%
Psychology 11 2%
Other 62 14%
Unknown 152 34%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 287. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 October 2023.
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