Decarbonizing surgical care: a qualitative systematic review guided by the Congruence Model.

Background: The healthcare sector must navigate the challenge of caring for individuals affected by climate change while being a significant emitter of carbon emissions. This study focuses on direct sources of carbon emissions from hospital surgical care, a major contributor to the sector's overall carbon footprint. The goal is to identify the main sources of direct carbon emissions in surgical care and to analyze these sources according to the Congruence Model.

Unveiling the Impact of Lean Leadership on Continuous Improvement Maturity: A Scoping Review.

Purpose: Lean Management (LM) is a process improvement approach with growing interest from healthcare organizations. Obtaining a culture of continuous improvement is a primary objective of LM, and a culture of continuous improvement indicates a mature LM approach, and here leadership plays a central role. However, a comprehensive overview of leadership activities influencing LM maturity is lacking.

Systematic development of a set of implementation strategies for transitional care innovations in long-term care.

Background: Numerous transitional care innovations (TCIs) are being developed and implemented to optimize care continuity for older persons when transferring between multiple care settings, help meet their care needs, and ultimately improve their quality of life. Although the implementation of TCIs is influenced by contextual factors, the use of effective implementation strategies is largely lacking. Thus, to improve the implementation of TCIs targeting older persons receiving long-term care services, we systematically developed a set of viable strategies selected to address the influencing factors.

Stakeholders' experiences and perception on transitional care initiatives within an integrated care project in Belgium: a qualitative interview study.

Background: In 2015, a plan for integrated care was launched by the Belgium government that resulted in the implementation of 12 integrated care pilot project across Belgium. The pilot project Zorgzaam Leuven consists of a multidisciplinary local consortium aiming to bring lasting change towards integrated care for the region of Leuven. This study aims to explore experiences and perceptions of stakeholders involved in four transitional care actions that are part of Zorgzaam Leuven.

Implementing Four Transitional Care Interventions for Older Adults: A Retrospective Collective Case Study.

Background And Objectives: Four interventions to improve care transitions between hospital and home or community settings for older adults were implemented in Leuven, Belgium over the past 4 years. These complex interventions consist of multiple components that challenge their implementation in practice. This study examines the influencing factors, strategies used to address challenges in implementing these interventions, and implementation outcomes from the perspectives of health care professionals involved.

Fostering the implementation of transitional care innovations for older persons: prioritizing the influencing key factors using a modified Delphi technique.

Background: Transitions in care for older persons requiring long-term care are common and often problematic. Therefore, the implementation of transitional care innovations (TCIs) aims to improve necessary or avert avoidable care transitions. Various factors were recognized as influencers to the implementation of TCIs.

Interventions to Improve the Transition From Home to a Nursing Home: A Scoping Review.

Background And Objectives: The transition from home to a nursing home is a stressful event for both older persons and informal caregivers. Currently, this transition process is often fragmented, which can create a vicious cycle of health care-related events. Knowledge of existing care interventions can prevent or break this cycle.

A myriad of factors influencing the implementation of transitional care innovations: a scoping review.

Background: Care transitions of older persons between multiple care settings are frequently hampered by various issues such as discontinuous care delivery or poor information transfer among healthcare providers. Therefore, several innovations have been developed to optimize transitional care (TC). This review aims to identify which factors influence the implementation of TC innovations.