Implementation of improvement strategies in palliative care

"This review is one of the first to provide an overview of the available literature in relation to strategies used to improve the organisation of palliative care. Since most studies reported positive results, further research is needed to identify and improve the effects of strategies aiming to improve the organisation of palliative care."

Implementation of improvement strategies in palliative care: an integrative review
J van Riet Paap et al.
Implementation Science 2015, 10:103  doi:10.1186/s13012-015-0293-2

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Consensus on quality indicators to assess the organisation of palliative cancer and dementia care

"International experts selected a set of 23 QIs for the organisation of palliative care. Although we particularly focused on the organisation of cancer and dementia palliative care, most QIs are generic and are applicable for other types of diseases as well."

Consensus on quality indicators to assess the organisation of palliative cancer and dementia care applicable across national healthcare systems and selected by international experts
J van Riet Paap, M Vernooij-Dassen, R Dröes, L Radbruch, K Vissers,Y Engels
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:396

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The Care Process Self-Evaluation Tool

"Patient safety can be increased by improving the organization of care. A tool that evaluates the actual organization of care, as perceived by multidisciplinary teams, is the Care Process Self-Evaluation Tool (CPSET)."

The Care Process Self-Evaluation Tool: a valid and reliable instrument for measuring care process organization of health care teams
D Seys, S Deneckere, W Sermeus, E Van Gerven, M Panella, L Bruyneel, T Mutsvari, R Camacho Bejerano, S Kul, K Vanhaecht
BMC Health Services Research
2013, 13:325

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