Is Having Quality as an Item on the Executive Board Agenda Associated with the Implementation of Quality Management Systems in European Hospitals: A Quantitative Analysis

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Botje, Daan; Klazinga, Niek; Suñol, Rosa; Groene, Oliver; Pfaff, Holger; Mannion, Russell; Depaigne-Loth, Anne; Arah, Onyebuchi A.; DerSarkissian, Maral; & Wagner, Cordula, et al. (2014). Is Having Quality as an Item on the Executive Board Agenda Associated with the Implementation of Quality Management Systems in European Hospitals: A Quantitative Analysis. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 26(Suppl. 1), 92-99. PMCID: PMC4001687

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether there is a relationship between having quality as an item on the board's agenda, perceived external pressure (PEP) and the implementation of quality management in European hospitals.
DESIGN: A quantitative, mixed method, cross-sectional study in seven European countries in 2011 surveying CEOs and quality managers and data from onsite audits.
PARTICIPANTS: One hundred and fifty-five CEOs and 155 quality managers.
SETTING: One hundred and fifty-five randomly selected acute care hospitals in seven European countries (Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Turkey). Main outcome measure(s) Three constructs reflecting quality management based on questionnaire and audit data: (i) Quality Management System Index, (ii) Quality Management Compliance Index and (iii) Clinical Quality Implementation Index. The main predictor was whether quality performance was on the executive board's agenda.
RESULTS: Discussing quality performance at executive board meetings more often was associated with a higher quality management system score (regression coefficient b = 2.53; SE = 1.16; P = 0.030). We found a trend in the associations of discussing quality performance with quality compliance and clinical quality implementation. PEP did not modify these relationships.
CONCLUSIONS: Having quality as an item on the executive board's agenda allows them to review and discuss quality performance more often in order to improve their hospital's quality management. Generally, and as this study found, having quality on the executive board's agenda matters.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzu017

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2014

Journal Title

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Author(s)

Botje, Daan
Klazinga, Niek
Suñol, Rosa
Groene, Oliver
Pfaff, Holger
Mannion, Russell
Depaigne-Loth, Anne
Arah, Onyebuchi A.
DerSarkissian, Maral
Wagner, Cordula
DUQuE Project Consortium [
Caroline Thompson A
., member]

Article Type

Regular

PMCID

PMC4001687

Data Set/Study

Deepening our Understanding of
Quality improvement in Europe (DUQuE) Project

Continent/Country

Europe
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Turkey

ORCiD

Thompson, C. - 0000-0001-9990-9756