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Improving the organization of palliative care by implementing quality indicators and national and setting-specific interventions: Study protocol of the IMPACT project.
- Source :
- Progress in Palliative Care; Aug2014, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p201-205, 5p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Background There is a wide gap between knowledge about palliative care and its application in everyday clinical practice, affecting many patients in our ageing population. However, changing health care practice is a complex and challenging process. Therefore, the EU funded IMplementation of quality indicators in PAlliative Care sTudy (IMPACT) project aims to develop optimal implementation strategies to improve the organization of palliative care for people with cancer or with dementia in Europe. Methods and design The organization of palliative care in Europe will be mapped to develop and prepare strategies to improve it, and an overview of barriers and incentives regarding successful organizational changes in palliative care will be undertaken. A pre-test with a set of quality indicators (QIs), developed within the project, will be used to identify aspects of the organization of palliative care requiring change in hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, and primary care in five European countries. Based on the results of the pre-test, each setting will be invited to prioritise and improve aspects of their organization that appeared weak. The improvement objective they choose will be tailored to national and setting-specific barriers. Finally, a post-test with the same QIs will determine the effectiveness of the strategies used. An extensive process analysis will be conducted throughout the entire study. Discussion It is expected that the IMPACT project will provide professionals and policy makers useful tools to facilitate effective implementation of high-quality palliative cancer and dementia care in different settings in Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CLINICAL medicine
DELPHI method
DEMENTIA
FOCUS groups
GOAL (Psychology)
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL personnel
PALLIATIVE treatment
POPULATION geography
RESEARCH funding
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
TUMORS
JUDGMENT sampling
KEY performance indicators (Management)
PRE-tests & post-tests
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09699260
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Progress in Palliative Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97051071
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1179/1743291X13Y.0000000080