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Impact of digital surgery scheduling systems on the quality of preoperative care: a systematic review protocol Open
Introduction Ineffective surgery scheduling fails to align demand with need, resulting in financial waste, resource inefficiencies and delays in care, which ultimately lead to poorer patient outcomes. Digital systems present a promising ap…
Improving Acceptability of mHealth Apps—The Use of the Technology Acceptance Model to Assess the Acceptability of mHealth Apps: Systematic Review Open
Background Mobile health apps (MHAs) are increasingly used in modern health care provision. The technology acceptance model (TAM) is the most widely used framework for predicting health care technology acceptance. Since the advent of this …
What is improvement science, and what makes it different? An outline of the field and its frontiers Open
Improvement science has emerged as an interdisciplinary field of enquiry to provide methodological and scientific rigour to the practice and study of improvements in healthcare, and with contributions from a wide range of stakeholders and …
Suitability of natural fish skin for UK burn wound treatment: a systematic review and narrative synthesis Open
Introduction: Bioengineered acellular fish skin matrix (BAM) is a highly engineered derivation of natural fish skin (NFS) and is occasionally used in the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service (NHS) to treat severe thermal burns and o…
Reducing laboratory delays in blood culture pathogen identification: a quality improvement project Open
Sepsis is a medical emergency caused by bacteria in the bloodstream and a dysregulated immune response. It is important to identify the bacteria rapidly so that the patient receives effective antibiotics. Delays are associated with higher …
Automated Drugs Dispensing Systems in Hospitals: a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Study Across Six European Countries Open
Compared to traditional methods, implementing ADD systems could improve the logistic management of drug in the hospital setting, thereby enhancing safety and efficacy, streamlining the healthcare professionals' workflow, and bolstering fin…
Study of Whole blood in Frontline Trauma (SWiFT): implementation study protocol Open
Introduction Uncontrolled bleeding is a major cause of death for patients with major trauma. Current transfusion practices vary, and there is uncertainty about the optimal strategy. Whole blood (WB) transfusion, which contains all componen…
Time is a terrible thing to waste: optimising use of intraoperative monitoring practitioner time towards maximising in-house IOM service provision and reducing spend on external provision Open
Intraoperative monitoring (IOM) during orthopaedic and neurosurgical operations informs surgeons about the integrity of patients’ central and peripheral nervous systems. It is provided by IOM practitioners (IOMPs), who are usually neurophy…
Clinical-scientist-led transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE): using extended roles to improve the service Open
At the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, we perform transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE), a semi-invasive diagnostic test using ultrasound for high-quality heart imaging. TOE allows accurate diagnosis of serious heart problems to …
Time to be more efficient: reducing wasted transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) diagnostic appointment slots at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust Open
Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is one of the most requested non-invasive cardiac imaging diagnostic modalities available in the National Health Service (NHS). There is persistently high demand, but nationally, activity has lagged, pr…
Unpacking the ‘process of sustaining’—identifying threats to sustainability and the strategies used to address them: a longitudinal multiple case study Open
Background Although sustainability remains a recognised challenge for Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives, most available research continues to investigate sustainability at the end of implementation. As a result, the learning and continu…
Toward Shared Decision-Making in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study Open
Background Health care decisions are a critical determinant in the evolution of chronic illness. In shared decision-making (SDM), patients and clinicians work collaboratively to reach evidence-based health decisions that align with individ…
Oral health promotion in acute hospital setting: a quality improvement programme Open
Tooth extraction is the most common hospital procedure for children aged 6–10 years in England. Tooth decay is almost entirely preventable and is inequitably distributed across the population: it can cause pain, infection, school absences …
Toward Shared Decision-Making in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Health care decisions are a critical determinant in the evolution of chronic illness. In shared decision-making (SDM), patients and clinicians work collaboratively to reach evidence-based health decisions that align with individ…
Healthcare professional and manager perceptions on drivers, benefits and challenges of telemedicine: results from a cross-sectional survey in the Italian NHS. Open
Background: The Covid-19 pandemic provided new challenges and opportunities for patients and healthcare providers while accelerating the trend of digital healthcare transformation. This study explores the perspectives of healthcare profess…
How do healthcare providers use national audit data for improvement? Open
Background: Substantial resources are invested by Health Departments worldwide in introducing National Clinical Audits (NCAs). Yet, there is variable evidence on the NCAs’ effectiveness and little is known on factors underlying the success…
Defining frugal innovation: a critical review Open
Frugal innovation (FI), which has gained traction in various sectors, is loosely defined as developing quality solutions in a resource-constrained environment that are affordable to low-income consumers. However, with its popularity, multi…
Additional file 3 of Process mapping in healthcare: a systematic review Open
Additional file 3: Supplemental_Material_3. Online supplementary appendix 3 – Analysis codes and data extraction details. Description of data: description of the analysis codes and data extraction sheet with the details of data extracted f…
Additional file 4 of Process mapping in healthcare: a systematic review Open
Additional file 4: Supplemental_Material_4. Online supplementary appendix 4, Quality assessment using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) checklist. Description of data: rating of each article included in the systematic review a…
Process Mapping in Healthcare: A Systematic Review Open
Introduction Process mapping (PM) supports better understanding of complex systems and adaptation of improvement interventions to their local context. However, there is little research on its use in healthcare. This study (i) proposes a co…
It is rotating leaders who build the swarm: social network determinants of growth for healthcare virtual communities of practice Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors influencing the growth of healthcare virtual communities of practice (VCoPs) through a seven-year longitudinal study conducted using metrics from social-network and semantic anal…