Improving the Quality of Care in Care Homes Using the Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach: Lessons Learnt from Six Projects Conducted in the UK and The Netherlands

The Breakthrough Series Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) initiative is a well-developed and widely used approach, but most of what we know about it has come from healthcare settings. In this article, those leading QICs to improve care in care homes provide detailed accounts of six QICs and sh...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2020-10, Vol.17 (20), p.7601
Main Authors: Devi, Reena, Martin, Graham, Banerjee, Jay, Butler, Louise, Pattison, Tim, Cruickshank, Lesley, Maries-Tillott, Caroline, Wilson, Tracie, Damery, Sarah, Meyer, Julienne, Poot, Antonius, Chamberlain, Peter, Harvey, Debbie, Giebel, Clarissa, Hinsliff-Smith, Kathryn, Chadborn, Neil, Lee Gordon, Adam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
Cooperative Behavior
Data collection
Frailty
Humans
Initiatives
Intervention
Learning
Long term health care
Netherlands
Nursing Homes
Older people
Professionals
Quality control
Quality Improvement
Quality of care
Quality of Health Care
Teams
United Kingdom
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Summary:The Breakthrough Series Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) initiative is a well-developed and widely used approach, but most of what we know about it has come from healthcare settings. In this article, those leading QICs to improve care in care homes provide detailed accounts of six QICs and share their learning of applying the QIC approach in the care home sector. Overall, five care home-specific lessons were learnt: (i) plan for the resources needed to support collaborative teams with collecting, processing, and interpreting data; (ii) create encouraging and safe working environments to help collaborative team members feel valued; (iii) recruit collaborative teams, QIC leads, and facilitators who have established relationships with care homes; (iv) regularly check project ideas are aligned with team members' job roles, responsibilities, and priorities; and (v) work flexibly and accept that planned activities may need adapting as the project progresses. These insights are targeted at teams delivering QICs in care homes. These insights demonstrate the need to consider the care home context when applying improvement tools and techniques in this setting.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph17207601