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Am J Med Qual ; 32(3): 313-321, 2017.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27117636

ABSTRACT

Successful quality improvement (QI) requires a supportive context. The goal was to determine whether a structured curriculum could help QI teams improve the context supporting their QI work. An exploratory field study was conducted of 43 teams participating in a neonatal intensive care unit QI collaborative. Using a curriculum based on the Model for Understanding Success in Quality, teams identified gaps in their context and tested interventions to modify context. Surveys and self-reflective journals were analyzed to understand how teams developed changes to modify context. More than half (55%) targeted contextual improvements within the microsystem, focusing on motivation and culture. "Information sharing" interventions to communicate information about the project as a strategy to engage more staff were the most common interventions tested. Further study is needed to determine if efforts to modify context consistently lead to greater outcome improvements.


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Intensive Care Units, Neonatal/organization & administration , Quality Improvement/organization & administration , Staff Development/organization & administration , Cooperative Behavior , Curriculum , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Intensive Care Units, Neonatal/standards , Prospective Studies , Quality Assurance, Health Care
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Clin Perinatol ; 37(1): 123-40, 2010 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20363451

ABSTRACT

Human factors analysis (HFE) presents a formidable contribution to quality improvement (QI) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The science behind the fundamental principles concerning the design of work systems that match the needs of the people who work in them is sound and is applied widely in other safety critical situations. Early application of HFE in NICUs has shown the usefulness of these methods for frontline teams working to improve quality, reliability, and safety. The inclusion of human factors considerations in the design of structure and process has the potential to improve outcomes for patients and families and to improve the comfort and usability of work systems for providers who work in them. New technologies and continual change must be informed and designed through the application of HFE methods and principles to realize the full potential of QI.


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Ergonomics , Intensive Care Units, Neonatal/standards , Medical Errors/prevention & control , Quality Assurance, Health Care , Systems Analysis , Equipment Design , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Safety Management , Total Quality Management
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