Table 1 Overall characteristics of the QI collaboratives structured by the 14 crosscutting QIC components (identified from Nadeem et al. by a comprehensive literature review and expert opinions [8])
BOA-QIC | SwedeHF-QIC | |
|---|---|---|
1) Length of project | 6 months | 12 months |
2) Convened expert panel Breakthrough series model calls for a planning group that identifies targets for improvement change and plans the collaborative. | 3 experts (including head of register) | 8 experts (one project group with five persons, and one steering group with three persons including head of register) |
3) Organisations required to demonstrate commitmenta | Yes | Yes |
4) In-person learning sessions | 2 days | 8 days (4 × 2 days) |
5) Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles (PDSAs) | Yes | Yes |
6) Multidisciplinary QI Team | Not specified | Yes (patients were included) |
7) Project responsible at unit | Yes | Yes (called coach) |
8) QI team calls Calls among QI team members or members in other participating organisations are common. | No A mailing list with all participants was available and participants were encouraged to do so. | Yes Coaches had the task of participating in meetings with all coaches (a phone call once a month, in total 10 times). |
9) Email or web Support Email, listservs, or others forms of web support have become a common approach for providing ongoing support. | Yes, Done by the head of register. | Yes, Done by the project group. 8 webinars were provided. |
10) Leadership involvement/outreach | Not specified | Yes, guaranteed by the coaches |
11) Sites collected reviewed data and used feedback | Yes | Yes |
12) External support with data synthesis and feedback | Not specified | Yes (QI team members experienced data extraction as difficult) |
13) Training for ‘non-QI Team Staff Members’ by experts | No | Yes, indirectly (8 webinars were open to everybody) |
14) Training for ‘non-QI members’ by the QI team | Yes | Partly |
Additional information | ||
Project responsibleb | One competence centre for national quality registries (A) | Two competence centres for national quality registries (B + C) |
Information/invitation | Internal to all registering units | Open on the web |
Overall goal | A) Decrease of average age of registered persons (e.g. discovery of patients with osteoarthritis in an early stage) B) Increased number of patients with a minimum level of physical activity after one year | A) Better quality of life for persons with heart failure B) Decreased cases of re-admission within 30 daysc |
Costs | 32 000 USD | 166 000 USD |