Design and Validation of a Questionnaire to Measure Interprofessional Collaborative Practice for Auditing Integrated Hospital Care: Empirical Research.

Introduction: Interprofessional teamwork is the key issue of delivering integrated hospital care; however, measuring interprofessional collaboration for auditing is fragmented. In this study, a questionnaire to measure InterProfessional collaborative Practice for Integrated Hospital care (IPPIH) has been developed and validated.

Methods: A four-step iterative process was conducted: (1) literature search to find suitable questionnaires; (2) semistructured stakeholder interviews (individual and in focus groups) to discuss the topics and questions (face validity), (3) pretesting the prototype of the questionnaire in two different integrated care pathways for feasibility, usability, and internal consistency, and (4) testing (content and construct validity and responsiveness) of the revised questionnaire in eight integrated care pathways; the validation and responsiveness was tested by means of exploratory factor analysis, calculation of Cronbach alpha, item analysis, and linear mixed model analysis.

Long-term effects of perioperative briefing and debriefing on team climate: A mixed-method evaluation study.

Introduction: To evaluate the long-term (5 years) effects of perioperative briefing and debriefing on team climate. We explored the barriers and facilitators of the performance of perioperative briefing and debriefing to explain its effects on team climate and to make recommendations for further improvement of surgical safety tools.

Methods: A mixed-method evaluation study was carried out amongst surgical staff at a tertiary care university hospital with 593-bed capacity in the Netherlands.

Transparency about internal audit results to reduce the supervisory burden: A qualitative study on the preconditions of sharing audit results.

Many working hours of healthcare professionals are spent on administrative tasks. Administrative burden is caused by political choices, legislation, the requirements of health insurers and supervisors. Coordination between the parties involved, is lacking.

Process evaluation of the effects of patient safety auditing in hospital care (part 2).

Objective: To identify factors that explain the observed effects of internal auditing on improving patient safety.

Design Setting And Participants: A process evaluation study within eight departments of a university medical centre in the Netherlands.

Intervention(s): Internal auditing and feedback for improving patient safety in hospital care.

Effects of patient safety auditing in hospital care: results of a mixed-method evaluation (part 1).

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of internal auditing in hospital care focussed on improving patient safety.

Design, Setting And Participants: A before-and-after mixed-method evaluation study was carried out in eight departments of a university medical center in the Netherlands.

Intervention(s): Internal auditing and feedback focussed on improving patient safety.

Effects of perioperative briefing and debriefing on patient safety: a prospective intervention study.

Objectives: This study was carried out to improve patient safety in the operating theatre by the introduction of perioperative briefing and debriefing, which focused on an optimal collaboration between surgical team members.

Design: A prospective intervention study with one pretest and two post-test measurements: 1 month before and 4 months and 2.5 years after the implementation of perioperative briefing and debriefing, respectively.

Measurement of patient safety: a systematic review of the reliability and validity of adverse event detection with record review.

Objectives: Record review is the most used method to quantify patient safety. We systematically reviewed the reliability and validity of adverse event detection with record review.

Design: A systematic review of the literature.

Effects of auditing patient safety in hospital care: design of a mixed-method evaluation.

Background: Auditing of patient safety aims at early detection of risks of adverse events and is intended to encourage the continuous improvement of patient safety. The auditing should be an independent, objective assurance and consulting system. Auditing helps an organisation accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluating and improving the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance.