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Weech-Maldonado R, Pradhan R, Dayama N, Lord J, Gupta S. Nursing Home Quality and Financial Performance: Is There a Business Case for Quality? INQUIRY : A JOURNAL OF MEDICAL CARE ORGANIZATION, PROVISION AND FINANCING 2019; 56:46958018825191. [PMID: 30739511 PMCID: PMC6376502 DOI: 10.1177/0046958018825191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2018] [Revised: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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This study examines the relationship between nursing home quality and financial performance to assess whether there is a business case for quality. Secondary data sources included the Online Survey Certification and Reporting (OSCAR), Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reporting (CASPER), Medicare Cost Reports, Minimum Data Set (MDS 2.0), Area Resource File (ARF), and LTCFocus for all free-standing, nongovernment nursing homes for 2000 to 2014. Data were analyzed using panel data linear regression with facility and year fixed effects. The dependent variable, financial performance, consisted of the operating margin. The independent variables comprised nursing home quality measures that capture the three dimensions of Donabedian's structure-process-outcomes framework: structure Registered Nurse (RN) hours per resident day, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) hours per resident day, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) hours per resident day, RN skill mix), process (facility-acquired restraints, facility-acquired catheters, pressure ulcer prevention, and restorative ambulation), and outcomes (facility-acquired contractures, facility-acquired pressure ulcers, hospitalizations per resident, rehospitalizations, and health deficiencies). Control variables included size, average acuity index, market competition, per capita income, and Medicare Advantage penetration rate. This study found that the operating margin was lower in nursing homes that reported higher LPN hours per resident day and higher RN skill mix (structure); higher use of catheters, lower pressure ulcer prevention, and lower restorative ambulation (process); and more residents with contractures, pressure ulcers, hospitalizations and health deficiencies (outcomes). The results suggest that there is a business case for quality, whereas nursing homes that have better processes and outcomes of care perform better financially.
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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Shield R, Rosenthal M, Wetle T, Tyler D, Clark M, Intrator O. Medical staff involvement in nursing homes: development of a conceptual model and research agenda. J Appl Gerontol 2014; 33:75-96. [PMID: 24652944 PMCID: PMC3962951 DOI: 10.1177/0733464812463432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Medical staff (physicians, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants) involvement in nursing homes (NH) is limited by professional guidelines, government policies, regulations, and reimbursements, creating bureaucratic burden. The conceptual NH Medical Staff Involvement Model, based on our mixed-methods research, applies the Donabedian "structure-process-outcomes" framework to the NH, identifying measures for a coordinated research agenda. Quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews conducted with medical directors, administrators and directors of nursing, other experts, residents and family members and Minimum Data Set, the Online Certification and Reporting System and Medicare Part B claims data related to NH structure, process, and outcomes were analyzed. NH control of medical staff, or structure, affects medical staff involvement in care processes and is associated with better outcomes (e.g., symptom management, appropriate transitions, satisfaction). The model identifies measures clarifying the impact of NH medical staff involvement on care processes and resident outcomes and has strong potential to inform regulatory policies.
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- Renée Shield
- Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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Kaplan HC, Brady PW, Dritz MC, Hooper DK, Linam WM, Froehle CM, Margolis P. The influence of context on quality improvement success in health care: a systematic review of the literature. Milbank Q 2011; 88:500-59. [PMID: 21166868 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2010.00611.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 455] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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CONTEXT The mixed results of success among QI initiatives may be due to differences in the context of these initiatives. METHODS The business and health care literature was systematically reviewed to identify contextual factors that might influence QI success; to categorize, summarize, and synthesize these factors; and to understand the current stage of development of this research field. FINDINGS Forty-seven articles were included in the final review. Consistent with current theories of implementation and organization change, leadership from top management, organizational culture, data infrastructure and information systems, and years involved in QI were suggested as important to QI success. Other potentially important factors identified in this review included: physician involvement in QI, microsystem motivation to change, resources for QI, and QI team leadership. Key limitations in the existing literature were the lack of a practical conceptual model, the lack of clear definitions of contextual factors, and the lack of well-specified measures. CONCLUSIONS Several contextual factors were shown to be important to QI success, although the current body of literature lacks adequate definitions and is characterized by considerable variability in how contextual factors are measured across studies. Future research should focus on identifying and developing measures of context tied to a conceptual model that examines context across all levels of the health care system and explores the relationships among various aspects of context.
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- Heather C Kaplan
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
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Kaplan HC, Brady PW, Dritz MC, Hooper DK, Linam WM, Froehle CM, Margolis P. The influence of context on quality improvement success in health care: a systematic review of the literature. Milbank Q 2010. [PMID: 21166868 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2010.00611.x.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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CONTEXT The mixed results of success among QI initiatives may be due to differences in the context of these initiatives. METHODS The business and health care literature was systematically reviewed to identify contextual factors that might influence QI success; to categorize, summarize, and synthesize these factors; and to understand the current stage of development of this research field. FINDINGS Forty-seven articles were included in the final review. Consistent with current theories of implementation and organization change, leadership from top management, organizational culture, data infrastructure and information systems, and years involved in QI were suggested as important to QI success. Other potentially important factors identified in this review included: physician involvement in QI, microsystem motivation to change, resources for QI, and QI team leadership. Key limitations in the existing literature were the lack of a practical conceptual model, the lack of clear definitions of contextual factors, and the lack of well-specified measures. CONCLUSIONS Several contextual factors were shown to be important to QI success, although the current body of literature lacks adequate definitions and is characterized by considerable variability in how contextual factors are measured across studies. Future research should focus on identifying and developing measures of context tied to a conceptual model that examines context across all levels of the health care system and explores the relationships among various aspects of context.
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- Heather C Kaplan
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
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Kjøs BØ, Botten G, Romøren TI. Quality improvement in a publicly provided long-term care system: the case of Norway. Int J Qual Health Care 2008; 20:433-8. [PMID: 18653584 DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzn031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To explore the extent to which quality improvement activities are implemented in the Norwegian long-term care system for older people, and to determine if variations in the extent and scope of quality improvement activities are associated with the characteristics of the first-line care leaders, the sector or the size of the municipality. DESIGN A cross-sectional telephone survey supplemented with information from public records and official municipal websites. Data were organized according to six total quality management components, and a sum score was developed to measure quality improvement. Variations in the extent of quality improvement activities were analysed using multivariate analysis. SETTING Thirty-two Norwegian municipalities stratified according to region and population size. PARTICIPANTS Sixty-four first-line leaders in nursing homes and home-based care. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE A sum score has been used as a measure of quality improvement activities. RESULTS The unit's quality improvement activities varied by quality improvement components and by municipality. The technical component that requires training in tools and techniques was low; the general components as 'leader's involvement' and 'employee participation' were more common. The size of the populations of the municipalities showed a significant independent association with the scope of quality activities. CONCLUSIONS The six quality improvement components varied from high to extremely low, and the large municipalities had more quality activities than small- or medium-sized municipalities.
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- Bente Ødegård Kjøs
- Center for Care Research, Gjøvik University College, PO Box 191, N-2802 Gjøvik, Norway.
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The purposes of this study were to characterize the state of quality improvement (QI) in nursing facilities and to identify barriers to improvement from nursing leaders' perspectives. The study employed a non-experimental descriptive design, using closed- and open-ended survey questions in a sample of 51 nursing facilities in a midwestern state. Only two of these facilities had active QI programs. Furthermore, turnover and limited training among these nursing leaders represented major barriers to rapid implementation of such programs. This study is consistent with earlier findings that QI programs are limited in nursing homes.
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- Linda Adams-Wendling
- Gerontological Nursing, Emporia State University, Newman Division of Nursing, Kansas 66801, USA
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Lucas JA, Avi-Itzhak T, Robinson JP, Morris CG, Koren MJ, Reinhard SC. Continuous quality improvement as an innovation: which nursing facilities adopt it? THE GERONTOLOGIST 2005; 45:68-77. [PMID: 15695418 DOI: 10.1093/geront/45.1.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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PURPOSE We identify environmental and organizational predictors that best discriminate between formal continuous quality improvement (CQI) adopters and nonadopters in nursing homes (NHs) and create a diagnostic profile for facility administrators and policy makers to promote CQI. DESIGN AND METHODS We performed a cross-sectional survey of licensed NH administrators in New Jersey in 1999, using The Nursing Care Quality Improvement Survey ( Zinn, Weech, & Brannon, 1998) and The New Jersey NH Profiles Chart. We also performed a discriminant analysis. Of 350 NHs, 46% returned completed questionnaires. RESULTS Using variance innovation, resource dependence, and institutional perspectives for our framework, we found that new requirements, environmental competition, organizational time and structural facilitators, and manager training made statistically significant contributions to discriminating between formal CQI adopters and nonadopters. IMPLICATIONS Regardless of size, NHs adopt formal CQI to meet external expectations of new regulations and accreditation criteria. CQI adoption is facilitated by information systems, flexible use of personnel, and team supports, as well as CQI training for managers. This profile of adopters can guide administrators and policy makers in promoting CQI for NHs, and it can help NHs already interested in CQI focus internal resources on key facilitators.
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- Judith A Lucas
- APN-Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, 30 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1293, USA.
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The quality of nursing home care has long been a cause for concern. The federal government has recently launched the Nursing Home Quality Initiative, in which Quality Improvement Organizations assist nursing homes in quality improvement (QI) activities. In addressing how well nursing homes are prepared for QI, this article examines the sort of QI activities that nursing homes are currently undertaking and the preparation of Administrators and Directors of Nursing to lead QI efforts. Drawing on data from surveys of 2 random samples of Kansas nursing homes, the article concludes that questions about QI activities in nursing homes tend to elicit socially acceptable answers unless the questions are carefully structured; that few nursing homes appear to have functioning QI programs; and that high leadership turnover and limited leadership training make it difficult for nursing homes to sustain effective QI programs.
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- Robert H Lee
- University of Kansas Medical Center, KS 66160, USA.
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Baier RR, Gifford DR, Patry G, Banks SM, Rochon T, DeSilva D, Teno JM. Ameliorating Pain in Nursing Homes: A Collaborative Quality-Improvement Project. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004; 52:1988-95. [PMID: 15571532 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52553.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate a multifaceted intervention to improve pain-management processes of care and outcomes in nursing homes. DESIGN Quasi-experimental, pretest/posttest. SETTING Nursing homes in Rhode Island. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-one facilities. INTERVENTION This project used a multifaceted collaborative intervention involving audit and feedback of pain management, education, training, coaching using rapid-cycle quality-improvement techniques, and inter-nursing home collaboration. MEASUREMENTS Pain-management processes of care and outcomes, measured using chart review and the Minimum Data Set. RESULTS Of 21 facilities, 17 completed the project. Postintervention, nursing homes increased the use of appropriate pain assessments (3.9% vs 43.8%, P<.001), pain intensity scales (15.6% vs 73.9%, P<.001), and nonpharmacological treatments (40.5% vs 81.9%, P<.001). Prescriptions of World Health Organization Step II or Step III pain medications for residents with daily moderate or severe pain showed trends towards improvement (40.8% vs 50.6%, P=.057), but prescription of any pain medication (93.3% vs 94.6%, P=.710), change in pain medication (29.0% vs 30.1%, P=.386), and prescription of pain medications on a regularly scheduled basis (67.9% vs 69.5%, P=.370) did not. There was a 41.1% reduction in prevalence of pain (12.2% vs 7.2%, P=.032) between the pre- and postintervention time periods in the nursing homes that completed the project, whereas all the other facilities in Rhode Island (n=72) had only a 12.1% reduction (12.7% vs 11.2%, P=.286) during the same period. CONCLUSION A multifaceted intervention improved pain-management process and outcome measures in nursing homes.
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- Rosa R Baier
- Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
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Gordon MD, Gottschlich MM, Helvig EI, Marvin JA, Richard RL. Review of Evidenced-Based Practice for the Prevention of Pressure Sores in Burn Patients. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 25:388-410. [PMID: 15353931 DOI: 10.1097/01.bcr.0000138289.83335.f4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pressure ulcers represent a complex clinical problem, with a reported incidence of 2.7% to 29.5% in hospitalized patients and an etiology that is multifactorial. The prevention of pressure sores in the burn patient population is clearly an area of practice in need of guidelines for care. A multidisciplinary group of advanced burn care professionals have compiled, critiqued, and summarized herein the current evidence of practice in nursing, nutrition, and rehabilitation as it pertains to the prevention of pressure sores after burn injuries. A broad overview of risk factors and assessment scales is described, and current intervention practices and recommendations for care are provided based, whenever possible, on research findings. In addition, research questions are generated in an attempt to move the specialty of burns toward the formal investigation of pressure sores with the ultimate goal being the development of evidence-based practice guidelines.
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- Mary D Gordon
- Shriners Hospitals for Children Galveston, Galveston, Texas 77550, USA
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Baier RR, Gifford DR, Lyder CH, Schall MW, Funston-Dillon DL, Lewis JM, Ordin DL. Quality Improvement for Pressure Ulcer Care in the Nursing Home Setting: The Northeast Pressure Ulcer Project. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1525-8610(04)70387-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Weech-Maldonado R, Neff G, Mor V. Does quality of care lead to better financial performance?: the case of the nursing home industry. Health Care Manage Rev 2003; 28:201-16. [PMID: 12940343 DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200307000-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The study describes the relationship between quality of care and financial performance (operating profit margin) as it pertains to the nursing home industry. We found that nursing homes that produce better outcomes and process of care were able to achieve lower patient care costs and report better financial performance.
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- Robert Weech-Maldonado
- Department of Health Policy & Administration, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Berlowitz DR, Young GJ, Hickey EC, Saliba D, Mittman BS, Czarnowski E, Simon B, Anderson JJ, Ash AS, Rubenstein LV, Moskowitz MA. Quality improvement implementation in the nursing home. Health Serv Res 2003; 38:65-83. [PMID: 12650381 PMCID: PMC1360874 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.00105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To examine quality improvement (QI) implementation in nursing homes, its association with organizational culture, and its effects on pressure ulcer care. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Primary data were collected from staff at 35 nursing homes maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on measures related to QI implementation and organizational culture. These data were combined with information obtained from abstractions of medical records and analyses of an existing database. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional analysis of the association among the different measures was performed. DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION METHODS Completed surveys containing information on QI implementation, organizational culture, employee satisfaction, and perceived adoption of guidelines were obtained from 1,065 nursing home staff. Adherence to best practices related to pressure ulcer prevention was abstracted from medical records. Risk-adjusted rates of pressure ulcer development were calculated from an administrative database. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Nursing homes differed significantly (p<.001) in their extent of QI implementation with scores on this 1 to 5 scale ranging from 2.98 to 4.08. Quality improvement implementation was greater in those nursing homes with an organizational culture that emphasizes innovation and teamwork. Employees of nursing homes with a greater degree of QI implementation were more satisfied with their jobs (a 1-point increase in QI score was associated with a 0.83 increase on the 5-point satisfaction scale, p<.001) and were more likely to report adoption of pressure ulcer clinical guidelines (a 1-point increase in QI score was associated with a 28 percent increase in number of staff reporting adoption, p<.001). No significant association was found, though, between QI implementation and either adherence to guideline recommendations as abstracted from records or the rate of pressure ulcer development. CONCLUSIONS Quality improvement implementation is most likely to be successful in those VA nursing homes with an underlying culture that promotes innovation. While QI implementation may result in staff who are more satisfied with their jobs and who believe they are providing better care, associations with improved care are uncertain.
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Wallin L, Boström AM, Harvey G, Wikblad K, Ewald U. Progress of unit based quality improvement: an evaluation of a support strategy. Qual Saf Health Care 2002; 11:308-14. [PMID: 12468689 PMCID: PMC1758020 DOI: 10.1136/qhc.11.4.308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate a strategy for supporting nurses to work with quality improvement (QI). DESIGN Post-intervention evaluation. Study participants and intervention: 240 nurses participated in a uniformly designed 4 day basic training course in applying a model for QI. Of these, 156 nurses from over 50 healthcare institutions constituted the generic education (GE) group while 84 nurses from 42 neonatal units took part in a project to develop national guidelines, constituting the targeted intervention (TI) group. METHOD Postal questionnaire 4 years after the training courses. RESULTS The response rate was 80% in the TI group and 64% in the GE group. Nurses in the TI group had a significantly higher rate in completing all phases of the QI cycle (p=0.0002). With no differences between the groups, 39% of all nurses were still involved in QI work 4 years after the training courses. Three factors were significantly related to nurses continuing their involvement in QI projects: remaining employed on the same unit (OR 11.3), taking courses in nursing science (OR 4.1), and maintenance of the same QI model (OR 3.1). Reported motives for remaining active in QI work were the enhancement of knowledge, influence over clinical practice, and development as a nurse. Reasons for discontinuation were organisational restructuring, a lack of facilitation and knowledge, and change of workplace. CONCLUSIONS Participation in a national guideline project, including a common focus for improvement, facilitation and opportunities for networking, seems to have enhanced the ability to carry out the process of QI, but not to sustain the QI work over a longer period.
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- L Wallin
- Department of Women's & Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Sainfort F, Karsh BT, Booske BC, Smith MJ. Applying quality improvement principles to achieve healthy work organizations. THE JOINT COMMISSION JOURNAL ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 2001; 27:469-83. [PMID: 11556256 DOI: 10.1016/s1070-3241(01)27041-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Health care has used total quality management (TQM)/quality improvement (QI) methods to improve quality of care and patient safety. Research on healthy work organizations (HWOs) shows that some of the same work organization factors that affect employee outcomes such as quality of life and safety can also affect organizational outcomes such as profits and performance. An HWO is an organization that has both financial success and a healthy workforce. For a health care organization to have financial success it must provide high-quality care with efficient use of scarce resources. To have a healthy workforce, the workplace must be safe, provide good ergonomic design, and provide working conditions that help to mitigate the stress of health care work. INTEGRATING TQM/QI INTO THE HWO PARADIGM If properly implemented and institutionalized, TQM/QI can serve as the mechanism by which to transform a health care organization into an HWO. To guide future research, a framework is proposed that links research on QI with research on HWOs in the belief that QI methods and interventions might be an effective means by which to create an HWO. Specific areas of research should focus on identifying the work organization, cultural, technological, and environmental factors that affect care processes; affect patient health, safety, and satisfaction; and indirectly affect patient health, safety, and satisfaction through their effects on staff and care process variables. SUMMARY Integrating QI techniques within the paradigm of the HWO paradigm will make it possible to achieve greater improvements in the health of health care organizations and the populations they serve.
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- F Sainfort
- School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 765 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0205, USA.
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Weech-Maldonado R, Zinn JE, Hamilton RD. The performance impact of context in TQM implementation: the nursing facility industry. Health Serv Manage Res 2001; 14:147-58. [PMID: 11507809 DOI: 10.1177/095148480101400302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study develops a model and empirically assesses how# organizational context mediates the impact of total quality management (TQM) implementation on perceived performance in the nursing facility industry. Outcomes are analysed for financial, human resources and resident-care performance. Contextual factors related to TQM implementation include managerial control, reward systems, organizational structure and the extent of implementation. Duration of TQM implementation is included as a control variable. Benchmarking has a positive impact on financial outcomes, and the extent of TQM implementation and required reporting of quality improvement activity results have a positive impact on both financial and human resources performance. The presence of a Quality Steering Council has a positive impact on financial performance, but only among larger facilities.
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- R Weech-Maldonado
- Department of Health Policy & Administration, Pennsylvania State University, 116 Henderson Building, University Park, PA 16801, USA.
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