Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen
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Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes · Nov 2019
Review[(How) Are quality indicators for measuring and appraising the quality of healthcare derived from evidence-based clinical practice guidelines? A review].
Evidence-based and formally consensus-based clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) offer potential for the development of quality indicators (QIs). Although QIs are recommended as part of some CPGs, there is no accepted gold standard for the specific development process of guideline-based QIs. The purpose of this review, which is embedded in a mixed-methods research project, was to analyze the current state of methodological approaches for QI development in German CPGs to derive insights for the development of a national evidence-guided and consensus-based standard for guideline-based development of QIs. ⋯ A standard for QI development is needed for German guideline authors to seize the opportunity and develop clinically relevant, widely accepted and evidence-based QIs in the guideline development process. In addition, it must be ensured that appropriate structures are used or set up in order to be able to apply the recommended QIs in the German healthcare system.
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Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes · Nov 2019
Reporting system for critical incidents in cross-sectoral healthcare (CIRS-CS): pre-test of a reporting sheet and optimization of a reporting system.
Potential sources for errors or critical incidents in healthcare may arise not just within a healthcare facility, but also between healthcare facilities (e. g., in the communication between in- and outpatient care). This study aims to test the content validity of the reporting sheet and to optimize the cross-sectoral critical incident reporting system (CIRS-CS). ⋯ The results of the pre-test of the CIRS-CS suggest that the description of the causes as well as potential solutions via the cross-sectoral reporting sheet is unfeasible and may be better approached with an interdisciplinary investigation team panel as part of the reporting system, in which the participating representatives are able to enter a structured dialogue based on the reported problems. Furthermore, the results indicate that investigation team panels enable an interprofessional exchange and may thus promote transparency between healthcare facilities. At this point, there is little research on the content validity of reporting sheets for cross-sectoral reporting systems. Hence, our results may contribute to the development of comprehensible and feasible cross-sectoral CIRS.
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Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes · Nov 2019
[Development of guideline-based quality indicators: a qualitative study on barriers and facilitating factors from the perspective of S3-guideline authors].
Evidence-based and formally consensus-based clinical practice guidelines (S3-CPGs) are a valuable source for the development of quality indicators (QIs) in Germany. While deriving QIs from guideline recommendations is a mandatory part of the development of S3-CPGs within the National Program for Disease Management Guidelines (DMGP) and the German Guideline Program in Oncology (GGPO), there is no such obligation in the guideline program of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF) (MS program). Despite that, several S3-CPGs in the MS program have been published with QIs in the last years while some DMGP and one GGPO S3 guidelines have failed to meet this requirement. From the perspective of the guideline authors of all three mentioned programs, the present qualitative study examined why S3-CPGs do or do not contain QIs and explored the factors perceived by authors as either facilitating or hampering in the QI development process. ⋯ The study reveals starting points for measures to strengthen the consideration of QI development in German S3-CPG projects, especially within the MS program. Without substantial structural changes, especially of the resources of guideline groups, and without an overall concept covering the entire process from QI development to QI implementation, guideline-based QI development will remain heavily dependent on the (self-)motivation of guideline groups.