QI team (Total number of participants, n) | Team 1 (8) | Team 2 (5) | Team 3 (8) | Team 4 (3) | Team 5 (10) |
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Profession of participants | c | ||||
Nurse | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
Physician | 1 | 1 | |||
Healthcare quality developer | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Leader of unit | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Others | 1 PT | 1 pharmacist | |||
Teams’ main goal | |||||
Improve care processa | x | x | x | x | x |
Improve diagnosisb | x | x | |||
Others | Increased visits to PTs. | ||||
Source of collected data for QI | |||||
Health records (re-admission rate) | x | x | x | x | x |
Registry | x | x | x | x | x |
Data reviewed during project time | |||||
At baseline (supported by QIC experts) | x | x | x | x | x |
Ongoing | |||||
At the end | x | x | x | x | x |
Overarching themes of activities performed (n = number of different activities) | |||||
Increased availability and follow-up (among others with focus on physiotherapy) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Development of and adherence to standard care programme, diagnosis and treatment guidelines | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
Standardised information about diagnoses and treatments (among others with focus on physical activity) | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Cooperation and communication along the chain of care between different stakeholders | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Participants’ perceived overall experience of QIC (information received from the final QIC report) | ‘…. participating teams are satisfied with the QIC activities, and that they have learnt improvement methods ….’ p.2 | ||||
‘The results of the surveys showed that overall, the participants appreciated our seminars. Several participants highlighted patient participation as a very good part of the project. The final project evaluation showed that all participants could recommend the programme to a colleague and that they were satisfied with the program.’ p. 6 |