Results of a sector-wide quality improvement initiative for substance-abuse care: an uncontrolled before-after study in Catalonia, SpainPilar Hilarion
Avedis Donabedian University Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona UAB, C Provenza 293, pral, Barcelona, Spain
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 5:26. 2010
..The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of a multidimensional quality improvement initiative in the field of substance abuse care and to discuss potentials and limitations for further quality improvement...
- An evaluation of a model for the systematic documentation of hospital based health promotion activities: results from a multicentre study
Hanne Tønnesen
Clinical Unit of Health Promotion WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence Based Health Promotion in Hospitals, Bispebjerg Hospital, DK 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark
BMC Health Serv Res 7:145. 2007
..The objective was to evaluate in an international study the usefulness, applicability and sufficiency of a simple model for the systematic registration of clinical HP procedures in day life...
Factors associated with the implementation of quality and safety requirements for cross-border care in acute myocardial infarction: Results from 315 hospitals in four countriesOliver Groene
Avedis Donabedian Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health, C Provenza, 293, pral, 08037 Barcelona, Spain
Health Policy 98:107-13. 2010
..Little is known to what extent hospitals meet these requirements. We aim to assess their current level, and the factors associated with their implementation...
- Investigating organizational quality improvement systems, patient empowerment, organizational culture, professional involvement and the quality of care in European hospitals: the 'Deepening our Understanding of Quality Improvement in Europe (DUQuE)' proje
Oliver Groene
Avedis Donabedian University Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health, Barcelona, Spain
BMC Health Serv Res 10:281. 2010
..Hospitals in European countries apply a wide range of quality improvement strategies. Knowledge of the effectiveness of these strategies, implemented as part of an overall hospital quality improvement system, is limited...
- Development and validation of the WHO self-assessment tool for health promotion in hospitals: results of a study in 38 hospitals in eight countries
Oliver Groene
Avedis Donabedian Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Health Promot Int 25:221-9. 2010
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- The Balanced Scorecard of acute settings: development process, definition of 20 strategic objectives and implementation
Oliver Groene
Avedis Donabedian Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health, Barcelona, Spain
Int J Qual Health Care 21:259-71. 2009
..Strategy development and implementation in acute care settings is often restricted by competing challenges, the pace of policy reform and the existence of parallel hierarchies...
- Learning from MARQuIS: future direction of quality and safety in hospital care in the European Union
O Groene
Avedis Donabedian University Institute, UAB, CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain
Qual Saf Health Care 18:i69-74. 2009
..Concrete measures should be considered only in areas for which there is substantial evidence and effective implementation can be ensured...
- Is patient-centredness in European hospitals related to existing quality improvement strategies? Analysis of a cross-sectional survey (MARQuIS study)
O Groene
Avedis Donabedian University Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain
Qual Saf Health Care 18:i44-50. 2009
..There is growing recognition of patients' contributions to setting objectives for their own care, improving health outcomes and evaluating care...
- Quality requirements for cross-border care in Europe: a qualitative study of patients', professionals' and healthcare financiers' views
O Groene
Avedis Donabedian Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain
Qual Saf Health Care 18:i15-21. 2009
..However, there is little information available on the safety and patient-centredness of cross-border care and neither governments nor citizens have an explicit basis for comparing healthcare delivery in Europe...
- The World Health Organization Performance Assessment Tool for Quality Improvement in Hospitals (PATH): an analysis of the pilot implementation in 37 hospitals
Oliver Groene
Quality of Health Systems and Services, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Qual Health Care 20:155-61. 2008
..To evaluate the pilot implementation of the World Health Organization Performance Assessment Tool for Quality Improvement in hospitals (PATH)...
- Implementation of patient safety strategies in European hospitals
R Sunol
Avedis Donabedian Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health CIBERESP, Barcelona 08037, Spain
Qual Saf Health Care 18:i57-61. 2009
..This study is part of the Methods of Assessing Response to Quality Improvement Strategies (MARQuIS) research project on cross-border care, investigating quality improvement strategies in healthcare systems across the European Union (EU)...
Standards for health promotion in hospitals: development and pilot test in nine European countriesO Groene
WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services, Barcelona, Spain
Int J Health Care Qual Assur Inc Leadersh Health Serv 18:300-7. 2005
..The standards for health promotion in hospitals developed by WHO fill this important gap...
- An international review of projects on hospital performance assessment
Oliver Groene
Research and Education, Avedis Donabedian Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
Int J Qual Health Care 20:162-71. 2008
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- Health promotion in hospitals--a strategy to improve quality in health care
Oliver Groene
WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services, Barcelona, Spain
Eur J Public Health 15:6-8. 2005
- Improving the performance of the health service delivery system? Lessons from the Towards Unity for Health projects
Oliver Groene
Technical Officer Quality of Health Systems and Services, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
Educ Health (Abingdon) 19:298-307. 2006
..Twelve projects worldwide were supported to put this strategy into practice. A standard evaluation and monitoring framework was developed on the basis of which project coordinators prepared technical progress reports...
- Making performance indicators work: the experience of using consensus indicators for external assessment of health and social services at regional level in Spain
Pilar Hilarion
Avedis Donabedian Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Health Policy 90:94-103. 2009
..To describe a methodology and the results of projects combining consensus processes for indicator development with methods of external assessment of health and social services...
- Health-promoting hospitals in Estonia: what are they doing differently?
Kaja Polluste
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tartu, L Puusepa 6, Tartu 51014, Estonia
Health Promot Int 22:327-36. 2007
..Implementation of health-promoting activities in hospitals will promote the well-being and health of patients and hospital staff, and creates a supportive environment to provide safe and high-quality health services...
