Implementing a cirrhosis order set in a tertiary healthcare system: a theory-informed formative evaluation

• Published in: BMC health services research Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 636
• Main Authors: Hyde, A M, Johnson, E, Luig, T, Schroeder, D, Carbonneau, M, Campbell-Scherer, D, Tandon, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 14.06.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Alberta; Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Care and treatment; Cirrhosis; Communications networks; Corporate culture; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Critical care medicine; Data collection; Demographics; Focus groups; Formative evaluation; Health services; Hospitals; Humans; Implementation; Implementation theory; Intervention; Liver cirrhosis; Liver Cirrhosis - therapy; Management; Medical personnel; Nurses; Order set; Pandemics; Patient compliance; Patients; Professionals; Qualitative research; Quality improvement; Tertiary Healthcare; Alberta; Canada; Cirrhosis; Formative evaluation; Implementation theory; Order set; Implementation

Standardized order sets are a means of increasing adherence to clinical practice guidelines and improving the quality of patient care. Implementation of novel quality improvement initiatives like order sets can be challenging. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted a formative evaluation to unde...