Development and implementation of quality indicators in a group of nine psychiatric hospitals

Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2023 Oct 24:S1865-9217(23)00185-X. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2023.09.003. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTQuality indicators (QI) are becoming increasingly important in mental healthcare in Germany. QI can be used for various purposes, such as for creating transparency as well as for benchmarking between hospitals. QI themselves are subject to high quality standards. The aim of this report is to describe the development and implementation of QI in a group of psychiatric hospitals. Since 2015, the LVR hospital group has developed and gradually implemented QI for the purposes of quality measurement, quality assurance and internal benchmarking in its nine psychiatric hospitals in a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, scientifically accompanied process. The full LVR-QI set, consisting of eight structure-, twelve process- and four outcome indicators as well as one patient satisfaction questionnaire, was implemented by 2019. In order to create high documentation quality and acceptance by clinicians, various implementation and dissemination strategies were used, such as written documentation manuals, staff training as well as regular face-to-face communication between the LVR hospitals, the LVR Institute for Health Services Research as the central coordinating body and the headquarters of the LVR hospital group. The QI led to a quality-oriented dialogue within and between the LVR hospitals.PMID:37884419 | DOI:10.1016/j.zefq.2023.09.003

Source: Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen - October 26, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Isabell Lehmann J ürgen Zielasek Tilman Blumenr öder Sandra Engemann J ürgen Vrinssen Wolfgang Gaebel Markus Banger Martine Gr ümmer Birgit Janssen Ralph Marggraf Jutta Muysers Stephan Rinckens Norbert Scherbaum Tillmann Supprian Anita T önnesen-Schl Source Type: research