• Pediatric emergency care · Jan 2025

    A Qualitative Assessment of Barriers, Facilitators, and Outcomes in a Simulation-Based Collaborative Quality Improvement Program: The ImPACTS Project.

    • Michelle J Alletag, Shruti Kant, Wendy L Van Ittersum, Theresa A Walls, Erin E Montgomery, Hannah L Anderson, Mark S Mannenbach, and Marc A Auerbach.
    • From the Department of Pediatrics, ChristianaCare Hospital System, Newark, DE.
    • Pediatr Emerg Care. 2025 Jan 9.

    ObjectivesImPACTS (Improving Acute Care Through Simulation) is a collaborative simulation-based program partnering pediatric specialty centers ("hubs") with general emergency departments (GEDs) to improve pediatric acute care. Objective measurements of ImPACTS, such as evaluating Pediatric Readiness Score (PRS) and simulation-based outcome improvements, have been reported previously. Barriers to and facilitators of program involvement and the downstream effects of the program have not been previously described. This study explores these aspects and key drivers for successful collaboration.MethodsThe authors performed open coding of semistructured interviews of hub team members and pediatric emergency care coordinators (PECCs) from community GED "spokes." We then identified and explored themes within the categories of barriers to, facilitators of, and barrier mitigation strategies for successful partnerships from the perspectives of both groups.ResultsAnalysis generated 4 dominant themes: buy-in, communication, personnel, and logistics. Engagement, institutional support, and buy-in of site leaders and individual participants were crucial to successful implementation, without which the programs were not completed or never started. Hubs benefited from project involvement via increased local engagement in pediatric readiness, organizational support, and further buy-in from institutional leadership, allowing for the future continuation of ImPACTS and similar programs. Benefits experienced by GEDs impacted education, pediatric readiness, and clinical and financial partnerships across institutions. Additionally, spoke interviewees cited downstream effects of participation, including increased collaboration and improved relationships with hub sites as being the most impactful.ConclusionUnderstanding the key drivers of all collaborators is instrumental in successfully implementing large-scale educational and quality initiatives like the ImPACTS program.Copyright © 2025 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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