Addressing Alert Fatigue by Replacing a Burdensome Interruptive Alert with Passive Clinical Decision Support.

BACKGROUND: Recognizing that alert fatigue poses risks to patient safety and clinician wellness, there is a growing emphasis on evaluation and governance of electronic health record clinical decision support (CDS). This is particularly critical for interruptive alerts to ensure that they achieve desired clinical outcomes while minimizing the burden on clinicians. This study describes an improvement effort to address a problematic interruptive alert intended to notify clinicians about patients needing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID) precautions and how we collaborated with operational leaders to develop an alternative passive CDS system in acute care areas. OBJECTIVES: Our dual aim was to reduce the alert burden by redesigning the CDS to adhere to best practices for decision support while also improving the percent of admitted patients with symptoms of possible COVID who had appropriate and timely infection precautions orders. METHODS: Iterative changes to CDS design included adjustment to alert triggers and acknowledgment reasons and development of a noninterruptive rule-based order panel for acute care areas. Data on alert burden and appropriate precautions orders on symptomatic admitted patients were followed over time on run and attribute (p) and individuals-moving range control charts. RESULTS: At baseline, the COVID alert fired on average 8,206 times per week with an alert per encounter rate of 0.36. After our interventions, the alerts per week decreased to 1,449 and alerts per encounter to 0.07 equating to an 80% reduction for both metrics. Concurrently, the percentage of symptomatic admitted patients with COVID precautions ordered increased from 23 to 61% with a reduction in the mean time between COVID test and precautions orders from 19.7 to -1.3 minutes. CONCLUSION: CDS governance, partnering with operational stakeholders, and iterative design led to successful replacement of a frequently firing interruptive alert with less burdensome passive CDS that improved timely ordering of COVID precautions.

Rejuvenating Meaningful Recognition Through Shared Governance.

As majority stakeholders in healthcare systems, direct care clinical nurses are accountable for professional practice, including meaningful recognition. A sustainable recognition program can be established through structural empowerment and shared decision-making within a healthy, clinical nurse-led governance structure. This article describes the journey of rejuvenating meaningful recognition across 27 hospitals and more than 500 sites of care, with the aim of positively impacting nurses and strengthening connection to purpose.

The integrated structure of care: evidence for the efficacy of models of clinical governance in the prevention of fragility fractures after recent sentinel fracture after the age of 50 years.

Randomized clinical trials and observational studies on the implementation of clinical governance models, in patients who had experienced a fragility fracture, were examined. Literature was systematically reviewed and summarized by a panel of experts who formulated recommendations for the Italian guideline. PURPOSE: After experiencing a fracture, several strategies may be adopted to reduce the risk of recurrent fragility fractures and associated morbidity and mortality. Clinical governance models, such as the fracture liaison service (FLS), have been introduced for the identification, treatment, and monitoring of patients with secondary fragility fractures. A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the association between multidisciplinary care systems and several outcomes in patients with a fragility fracture in the context of the development of the Italian Guidelines. METHODS: PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were investigated up to December 2020 to update the search of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and observational studies that analyzed clinical governance models in patients who had experienced a fragility fracture were eligible. Three authors independently extracted data and appraised the risk of bias in the included studies. The quality of evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation methodology. Effect sizes were pooled in a meta-analysis using random-effects models. Primary outcomes were bone mineral density values, antiosteoporotic therapy initiation, adherence to antiosteoporotic medications, subsequent fracture, and mortality risk, while secondary outcomes were quality of life and physical performance. RESULTS: Fifteen RCTs and 62 observational studies, ranging from very low to low quality for bone mineral density values, antiosteoporotic initiation, adherence to antiosteoporotic medications, subsequent fracture, mortality, met our inclusion criteria. The implementation of clinical governance models compared to their pre-implementation or standard care/non-attenders significantly improved BMD testing rate, and increased the number of patients who initiated antiosteoporotic therapy and enhanced their adherence to the medications. Moreover, the treatment by clinical governance model respect to standard care/non-attenders significantly reduced the risk of subsequent fracture and mortality. The integrated structure of care enhanced the quality of life and physical function among patients with fragility fractures. CONCLUSIONS: Based on our findings, clinicians should promote the management of patients experiencing a fragility fracture through structured and integrated models of care. The task force has formulated appropriate recommendations on the implementation of multidisciplinary care systems in patients with, or at risk of, fragility fractures.

Educação permanente no sistema único de saúde: concepções de profissionais da gestão e dos serviços / Continuing permanent education in the brazilian national health system: conceptions from management and care professionals / Educación continua en el sistema único de salud brasileño: concepciones de los profesionales de gestión y servicios

Este artigo pretende compreender as concepções de profissionais da gestão e dos serviços do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) sobre Educação Permanente em Saúde (EPS), bem como seus desafios e potencialidades. Utilizou-se de grupo focal para coleta, seguido de análise lexical do tipo classificação hierárquica descendente com auxílio do software Iramuteq. Os resultados delinearam quatro classes: a) EPS - entendimentos e expectativas; b) entraves à EPS; c) ETSUS e EPS por meio de cursos e capacitações; e d) dispositivos de EPS: potencialidades e desafios. Os participantes apontaram equívocos de entendimentos acerca da EPS ao equipará-la à Educação Continuada (EC) voltada à transferência de conteúdo, com repercussões negativas na prática de EPS. Discute-se o risco em centralizar o responsável pela concretização dessa proposta, que deveria ser coletiva e compartilhada entre diferentes atores. Reivindica-se, portanto, uma produção colaborativa, que possa circular entre os envolvidos, de modo que cada um experimente esse lugar e se aproprie da complexidade de interações propiciadas pela Educação Permanente em Saúde.(AU)

This article aims to understand the conceptions of professionals from the management and services of the Unified Health System (SUS) on Permanent Education in Health (EPS), as well as its challenges and potential. A focus group was used for data collection, followed by a lexical analysis of the descending hierarchical classification type using the Iramuteq software. The results delineated four classes: a) EPS - understandings and expectations; b) obstacles to EPS; c) ETSUS and EPS by courses and training; and d) EPS devices: potentialities and challenges. Participants pointed out misunderstandings about EPS, when equating it with Continuing Education (CE) focused on content transfer, with negative repercussions on EPS practice. The risk of centralizing the person responsible for implementing this proposal, which should be collective and shared among different actors, is discussed. Therefore, a collaborative production is claimed for, which can circulate among those involved, so that each one experiences this place and appropriates the complexity of interactions provided by Permanent Education in Health.(AU)

Este artículo tiene por objetivo comprender las concepciones de los profesionales de la gestión y servicios del Sistema Único de Salud (SUS) sobre Educación Continua en Salud (EPS), así como sus desafíos y potencialidades. Se utilizó un grupo focal para la recolección de datos, seguido por un análisis léxico del tipo clasificación jerárquica descendente con la ayuda del software Iramuteq. Los resultados delinearon cuatro clases: a) EPS: entendimientos y expectativas, b) Barreras para EPS, c) ETSUS y EPS a través de cursos y capacitación, y d) Dispositivos EPS: potencialidades y desafíos. Los participantes informaron que existen malentendidos sobre EPS al equipararla a Educación Continua, con repercusiones negativas en la práctica de EPS, orientada a la transferencia de contenidos. Se discute el riesgo de elegir a un solo organismo como responsable de implementar esta propuesta colectiva, que debería ser colectiva y compartida entre los diferentes actores. Se aboga por un liderazgo colaborativo, que pueda circular entre los involucrados, para que cada uno experimente este lugar y se apropie de la complejidad de interacciones que brinda la Educación Continua en Salud.(AU)

Clinical governance of patients with acute coronary syndromes.

AIMS: Using the principles of clinical governance, a patient-centred approach intended to promote holistic quality improvement, we designed a prospective, multicentre study in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We aimed to verify and quantify consecutive inclusion and describe relative and absolute effects of indicators of quality for diagnosis and therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS: Administrative codes for invasive coronary angiography and acute myocardial infarction were used to estimate the ACS universe. The ratio between the number of patients included and the estimated ACS universe was the consecutive index. Co-primary quality indicators were timely reperfusion in patients admitted with ST-elevation ACS and optimal medical therapy at discharge. Cox-proportional hazard models for 1-year death with admission and discharge-specific covariates quantified relative risk reductions and adjusted number needed to treat (NNT) absolute risk reductions. Hospital codes tested had a 99.5% sensitivity to identify ACS universe. We estimated that 7344 (95% CI: 6852-7867) ACS patients were admitted and 5107 were enrolled-i.e. a consecutive index of 69.6% (95% CI 64.9-74.5%), which varied from 30.7 to 79.2% across sites. Timely reperfusion was achieved in 22.4% (95% CI: 20.7-24.1%) of patients, was associated with an adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for 1-year death of 0.60 (95% CI: 0.40-0.89) and an adjusted NNT of 65 (95% CI: 44-250). Corresponding values for optimal medical therapy were 70.1% (95% CI: 68.7-71.4%), HR of 0.50 (95% CI: 0.38-0.66), and NNT of 98 (95% CI: 79-145). CONCLUSION: A comprehensive approach to quality for patients with ACS may promote equitable access of care and inform implementation of health care delivery. REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.Gov ID NCT04255537.

Improving Clinical Governance of Kidney Transplantation: Review of a Ruling and of the Clinical Governance Process in the United Kingdom.

The presentation of adverse events and negative outcomes is uncommon in scientific publications, particularly in a highly regulated and scrutinized practice such as solid organ transplantation. A ruling of a regulatory body of the pharmaceutical industry in the United Kingdom generates several considerations, in particular, regarding the governance process of kidney transplantation, as the events reported in the ruling are linked with high rejection rates and negative patient outcomes. This analysis offered a review of the current governance processes, while recognizing the relevant limitations of the system regulating kidney transplantation outcomes in the United Kingdom. The article identified some of the potential interventions that may contribute to delivering an improved governance, harmonizing contemporary practice, modern health care system, and establishing scientific knowledge.

Clinical Governance to Enhance User Involvement in Care: A Canadian Multiple Case Study in Mental Health.

BACKGROUND: Individuals with serious mental illness face challenges in managing their health, leading to the need for integrating their needs and preferences in care decisions. One way to enhance collaboration between users and providers is to improve clinical governance; a shared responsibility between managers and providers, supported by healthcare organizations (HCOs), policies, and standards. We applied the concept of clinical governance to understand (1) how managers and providers can enhance the involvement of users in mental health, (2) the contextual and organizational factors that facilitate user involvement in care, and (3) the users' perceptions of their involvement in care. METHODS: We conducted two, in-depth case studies from two clinical teams in Canada offering outpatient care for users with acute mental illness. A total of 25 interviews were carried out with managers, and four focus groups were held with providers. A measure of patient-reported experience was used to evaluate the users' perceptions of their involvement in care. RESULTS: The providers used two methods to involve users in the care planning process: encouraging users to identify their life goals and supporting them to define recovery-oriented objectives. To encourage the adoption of collaborative practices, the managers used various practices such as revising care protocols, strengthening providers' knowledge of best practices and integrating peer-support workers (PSWs) in the team. Compliance with organizational and external commitments/requirements for user involvement, access to specific training and the institutionalization of a culture promoting user involvement facilitated the adoption of collaborative practices. We found that mental health teams that adopt recovery and collaborative practices with users show a high degree of user-perceived involvement in care. CONCLUSION: This is the first study to apply the concept of clinical governance to understand how managerial and clinical practices, and other organizational and contextual factors, can enhance the involvement of mental healthcare users.

Retrospective study in clinical governance and financing system impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the hand surgery and microsurgery HUB center.

INTRODUCTION: The authors presented a retrospective study in the surgical activity of the HUB center for Hand Surgery and Microsurgery in Emilia-Romagna comparing the data between March and April 2020, in the peak of Covid pandemic, with the same period in 2019. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During the two months period of March-April 2020 versus 2019 the authors analyzed the surgical procedures performed in elective and emergency surgery with hospitalization and Day or Outpatient surgery regime. Surgical treatments with no hospitalization were planned in the Day-Surgery Service. The financing system impacts were analyzed according to the Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG), the costs accounting method mostly used in European countries. RESULTS: An overall reduction of 68.5% was recorded in surgical procedures, with a more relevant reduction of 92.3% in elective surgery and a significantly less relevant reduction of 37.2% in urgent one. Replantation did not present a reduction in number of cases, while cutting lesions of tendons at the hand and fingers increased such as the bone and ligament injuries during domestic accidents. The negative impact in the financial system recorded a reduction of 32.5%. DISCUSSION: The epidemiology of hand trauma looks not only at the artisanal and industrial injuries, but also mostly at the accidents in daily life activities. The data of the study evidenced the significantly increase in the injuries occurring in the domestic environment. Elective surgery was canceled. The 86% of surgical procedures performed were urgent ones and the 72.8% of these were possible in Day and Outpatient surgery with significantly reduction in hospitalization. All procedures followed a rigid process for patient and healthcare workers with regard for personal protection and safety. Telemedicine was arranged in emergencies, and economic damage was analyzed also in the following rebound effect during summer period. CONCLUSIONS: The significantly less reduction recorded in urgent surgery vs the more relevant reduction in elective one showed how the hand injuries remained a major issue also during the lockdown. The data highlighted the relevant role of the organizational aspects of the surgical procedures and planning in hand trauma. Despite the financial impact of the elective surgery, the presence of a functional and skill Emergency Service and Day-Surgery Service resulted fundamental in the efficacy and efficiency of the patient management and in containment of economic damage. The telemedicine was significantly limited by liability and risk management issues.

Governing the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator: towards greater participation, transparency, and accountability.

The Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) is a multistakeholder initiative quickly constructed in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic to respond to a catastrophic breakdown in global cooperation. ACT-A is now the largest international effort to achieve equitable access to COVID-19 health technologies, and its governance is a matter of broad public importance. We traced the evolution of ACT-A's governance through publicly available documents and analysed it against three principles embedded in the founding mission statement of ACT-A: participation, transparency, and accountability. We found three challenges to realising these principles. First, the roles of the various organisations in ACT-A decision making are unclear, obscuring who might be accountable to whom and for what. Second, the absence of a clearly defined decision making body; ACT-A instead has multiple centres of legally binding decision making and uneven arrangements for information transparency, inhibiting meaningful participation. Third, the nearly indiscernible role of governments in ACT-A, raising key questions about political legitimacy and channels for public accountability. With global public health and billions in public funding at stake, short-term improvements to governance arrangements can and should now be made. Efforts to strengthen pandemic preparedness for the future require attention to ethical, legitimate arrangements for governance.

High-flow nasal oxygen, procedural sedation, and clinical governance.

Procedural sedation for therapeutic and diagnostic procedures can now be achieved through deep sedation techniques that guarantee procedural success. Deep sedation techniques are delivered in a variety of non-theatre environments where the usual levels of anesthetic equipment are not practical or economical. Hypoxic events are particularly frequent, and challenge sedation providers. Traditional low flow nasal or facial oxygen therapy techniques are often insufficient to maintain acceptable oxygen levels and prevent peri-procedural hypoxia. High flow nasal oxygen delivers warm humidified oxygen up to 70 L/min, at oxygen concentrations between 21-100%, and reduces the incidence of hypoxic events. The provision of deep sedation is a complex process, fraught with risk, which can challenge even the skilled anesthetist. Therefore, regulatory authorities previously stipulated that anesthesia personnel be present during deep sedation. Changing attitudes by regulatory authorities and practical challenges providing anesthesia specialists have led to the acknowledgement that appropriately trained non-anesthetic staff can safely provide deep sedation. Deep sedation services are increasingly applied to subjects with complex co-morbidities, sometimes excluded for safety reasons from surgery under general anesthesia. The development of deep sedation services, delivered by non-anesthesia personnel, to patients with complex co-morbidities requires that services implement appropriate clinical governance tools to prevent deep sedation being the wild west of anesthesia services. Therefore, whilst high flow nasal oxygen may reduce the incidence of peri-procedural hypoxia, the introduction of clinical governance tools and the systematic introduction of initiatives to improve quality, will maintain the safety of deep sedation services.

Direitos da criança e adolescente hospitalizados à luz da gestão da clínica / Derechos de los niños y adolescentes hospitalizados a la luz de la gestión de la clínica / Rights of hospitalized children and adolescents in light of clinic management

Resumo Objetivo Analisar o (des)cumprimento dos Direitos da Criança e Adolescente hospitalizados à luz da gestão da clínica. Métodos Pesquisa de métodos mistos, explanatória sequencial, realizada entre setembro e dezembro de 2019, em hospital universitário do Centro-Oeste do Brasil. Participaram 60 acompanhantes, oito profissionais e quatro estudantes da área da saúde, em setores de internação de crianças e adolescentes. Aplicou-se escala Likert com os vinte direitos na etapa quantitativa, e entrevista semiestruturada na qualitativa, com análise descritiva e de conteúdo, respectivamente. Os dados foram integrados por conexão e analisados à luz de princípios da gestão da clínica. Resultados Na etapa quantitativa, identificaram-se direitos com menores percentuais de cumprimento: permanecer ao lado da mãe ao nascer, receber aleitamento materno, apoio psicológico, recreação, acompanhamento do currículo escolar e morte digna. Nos resultados qualitativos identificou-se desconhecimento da resolução pelos participantes, considerando parcialmente cumpridos os direitos: não permanecer internado desnecessariamente, ter acompanhante, não ser separado da mãe ao nascer, receber aleitamento materno, não sentir dor, conhecimento da enfermidade, desfrutar de recreação e programas educacionais, receber informação, todos os recursos para cura, proteção contra maus tratos, preservação de imagem, não ser utilizado pela mídia e ter morte digna. Identificaram-se princípios da gestão da clínica limitados, exigindo estratégias de fomento no hospital. Conclusão Princípios da gestão da clínica mostraram-se fragilizados, especialmente os de orientação às necessidades de saúde e integralidade, transparência e responsabilização social..

Resumen Objetivo Analizar el (in)cumplimiento de los Derechos del Niño y del Adolescente hospitalizados a la luz de la gestión de la clínica. Métodos Investigación con métodos mixtos, explanatoria secuencial, realizada entre septiembre y diciembre de 2019, en un hospital universitario del medio oeste de Brasil. Participaron 60 acompañantes, ocho profesionales y cuatro estudiantes del área de la salud, en sectores de internación de niños y de adolescentes. Se aplicó una escala Likert con los veinte derechos en la etapa cuantitativa, y entrevista semiestructurada en la cualitativa, con análisis descriptivo y de contenido, respectivamente. Los datos se integraron por conexión y fueron analizados a la luz de principios de la gestión de la clínica. Resultados En la etapa cuantitativa, se identificaron derechos con menores porcentajes de cumplimiento: permanecer al lado de la madre al nascer, lactancia materna, apoyo psicológico, recreación, acompañamiento del currículum escolar y muerte digna. En los resultados cualitativos se identificó un desconocimiento de la resolución de parte de los participantes, considerando parcialmente cumplidos los derechos: no permanecer internado sin necesidad, tener un acompañante, no separarse de la madre en el nacimiento, lactancia materna, no sentir dolor, conocimiento de la enfermedad, disfrutar de la recreación y programas educativos, recibir información, todos los recorridos para la curación, protección contra malos tratos, preservación de la imagen, no ser utilizado por los medios y tener una muerte digna. Se identificaron principios de la gestión de la clínica limitados, exigiendo estrategias de fomento en el hospital. Conclusión Principios de la gestión de la clínica se mostraron fragilizados, especialmente los de orientación a las necesidades de salud e integralidad, transparencia y responsabilización social.

Abstract Objective To analyze the (non)compliance with the rights of hospitalized children and adolescents in light of clinic management. Methods This is a mixed methods research, sequential explanatory, carried out between September and December 2019, in a university hospital in center-western Brazil. Sixty companions, eight professionals and four health care students participated in hospitalization sectors for children and adolescents. A Likert-type scale was applied with the twenty rights in the quantitative stage, and semi-structured interviews in the qualitative stage, with descriptive and content analysis, respectively. Data were integrated by connection and analyzed in light of clinic management principles. Results In the quantitative stage, rights were identified with the lowest percentages of compliance: staying by the mother's side at birth, being breastfed, psychological support, recreation, monitoring the school curriculum and dignified death. In the qualitative results, it was identified that participants did not know about the resolution, considering that the rights were partially complied with: not being hospitalized unnecessarily, having a companion, not being separated from the mother at birth, being breastfed, not feeling pain, knowing the disease, enjoying recreation and educational programs, receiving information, all resources for healing, protection against abuse, preservation of image, not being used by the media and having a dignified death. Limited principles of clinic management were identified, requiring development strategies in the hospital. Conclusion Principles of clinic management were weakened, especially those related to health needs and comprehensiveness, transparency and social accountability.

Validação de indicadores para monitoramento da qualidade do pré-natal / Validación de indicadores para el seguimiento de la calidad de la atención prenatal / Validation of indicators for monitoring the quality of prenatal care

Resumo Objetivo validar indicadores para o monitoramento da qualidade da assistência pré-natal. Método estudo metodológico, com 11 especialistas da Linha de Cuidado à Saúde Materna e Infantil do Paraná, realizado em 2020. Os indicadores foram organizados em domínios de um modelo lógico e na tríade estrutura, processo e resultado. Analisado Taxa de Concordância, Razão de Validade de Conteúdo, Índice de Validade de Conteúdo e confiabilidade pelo Alfa de Cronbach. Resultados elaboração de 35 indicadores e, após os procedimentos de validação foram readequados quanto a clareza, dois foram excluídos. Apresentaram confiabilidade excelente para clareza e relevância da estrutura (0,94), do processo (0,98) e do resultado (0,94); bem como, em relação aos domínios do modelo lógico de entradas (0,96), atividades (0,86), saídas (0,98), resultados (0,86) e impacto (0,96). Conclusão os indicadores apresentam validade e confiabilidade para da qualidade do pré-natal, sob a ótica do monitoramento e da qualidade em saúde. Implicações para a Prática o constructo apresenta flexibilidade de aplicação para diversas dimensões territoriais como municípios, regionais de saúde e estado.

Resumen Objetivo validar indicadores para el seguimiento de la calidad de la atención prenatal. Método estudio metodológico, con 11 especialistas de la Línea de Atención Materno infantil de Paraná, indicadores organizados en dominios de un modelo lógico y en la organización de la tríada estructura, proceso y resultado, realizado en 2020. Tasa de Concordancia Calculada, Razón de Validez de Contenido, Índice de Validez de Contenido; y confiabilidad por Alfa de Cronbach. Resultados Se elaboraron 35 indicadores, que luego de reajustar los procedimientos de validación para mayor claridad, se excluyeron dos. Mostró una excelente confiabilidad para la claridad y relevancia de la estructura (0.94), el proceso (0.98) y el resultado (0.94); así como en relación con los dominios del modelo lógico de insumos (0,96), actividades (0,86), productos (0,98), resultados (0,86) e impacto (0,96). Conclusión los indicadores son válidos y confiables para evaluar la calidad de la atención prenatal, reflejando el impacto de esta atención en la gestión de la calidad. Implicaciones para la práctica El constructo presenta flexibilidad de aplicación para varias dimensiones territoriales como municipios, salud regional y estadual.

Abstract Objective to validate indicators for monitoring the quality of prenatal care. Method methodological study conducted in 2020 with 11 specialists of the maternal and child health care line of Paraná. The indicators were organized in domains of a logical model and in the triad structure, process, and result. The calculated agreement rate, content validity ratio, content validity index, and Cronbach's alpha reliability were analyzed. Results 35 indicators were elaborated, which after the validation procedures were readjusted for clarity, two were excluded. It showed excellent reliability for clarity and relevance of the structure (0.94), process (0.98), and result (0.94), as well as in relation to the domains of the logical model of inputs (0.96), activities (0.86), outputs (0.98), results (0.86), and impact (0.96). Conclusion the indicators are valid and reliable for evaluating the quality of prenatal care, reflecting the impact of this care on quality management. Implications for Practice The construct presents flexibility of application for several territorial dimensions such as municipalities, regional health, and state.

El cuidado de Enfermería en cáncer infantil: una mirada desde los patrones sociopolítico y emancipatorio / Nursing Care in Childhood Cancer: A Look from the Sociopolitical and Emancipatory Patterns / O cuidado de Enfermagem em câncer infantil: um olhar a partir dos padrões sociopolítico e emancipatório

Introducción: en Enfermería el reconocimiento de los patrones emancipatorio y sociopolítico en la práctica no es evidente. Esta identificación permite la cualificación del cuidado en áreas de gran complejidad como la oncológica, que afecta a población infantil y a sus familias. Objetivo: conocer el significado de los patrones de conocimiento sociopolítico y emancipatorio en los profesionales de Enfermería durante el cuidado de los niños con cáncer y sus familias. Metodología: estudio cualitativo etnográfico en el que se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas a diez enfermeros con experiencias entre los seis meses y diecisiete años trabajando con población oncológica pediátrica. Y observaciones no participantes en dos instituciones de salud, una privada y otra pública. Los datos se estudiaron bajo el procedimiento de análisis propuesto por Michael Angrosino, que consta de las fases: gestión de datos, lectura general y clasificación de temas. Resultados: como producto del análisis de la información se establecieron tres grandes temas: contexto de cuidado; cuidado de enfermería; y expresiones de los patrones sociopolítico y emancipatorio en el cuidado. En la discusión se articularon los resultados con la teoría de Sistemas de Imogene King. Conclusiones: a partir de la interacción de los enfermeros con los pacientes y sus familias se logró identificar que estrategias como la educación, el seguimiento, la gestión de casos y de trámites administrativos son formas de fortalecer la gobernanza compartida y la equidad social, los cuales son índices de credibilidad de los patrones sociopolítico y emancipatorio.

Introduction: In Nursing, the recognition of emancipatory and sociopolitical patterns in practice is not evident. This identification allows the qualification of care in areas of great complexity such as oncology, which affects children and their families. Objective: To know the meaning of sociopolitical and emancipatory knowledge patterns in nursing professionals during the care of children with cancer and their families. Methodology: Qualitative ethnographic study in which semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten nurses with experiences between six months and seventeen years working with pediatric oncology population. And non-participant observations in two health institutions, one private and one public. The data were studied under the analysis procedure proposed by Michael Angrosino, which consists of the following phases: data management, general reading and classification of themes. Results: As a result of the analysis of the information, three major themes were established: context of care; nursing care; and expressions of sociopolitical and emancipatory patterns in care. In the discussion, the results were articulated with Imogene King's Systems theory. Conclusions: Based on the interaction of nurses with patients and their families, it was possible to identify that strategies such as education, follow-up, case management and administrative procedures are ways of strengthening shared governance and social equity, which are indices of credibility of sociopolitical and emancipatory patterns.

[Agnostics of immunological therapies in monotherapy and in association: impacts on clinical governance and on the patient's journey.] / Valutazione agnostica delle terapie immunologiche in monoterapia e in associazione: impatti sulla governance clinica e sul percorso del paziente.

From "one-size-fits-all medicine" to stratified and precision medicine, to network oncology: the paradigm shift in therapeutic approaches in oncology is requiring new care and governance models. Molecular tumor board, network analysis, real-world evidence: only through new tools that do not reduce the complexity of the challenges will it be possible to introduce innovation into the healthcare system.

Women's distinct diabetes self-management behaviours demand gender-specific diabetes research: improving chronic disease management and addressing clinical governance issues.

Management of diabetes mellitus continues to pose challenges for primary health-care professionals, with estimates of as many as 2 million Australians requiring ongoing care. Although most cases are men, women living with diabetes have presenting concerns and self-management characteristics distinct from men. A threat to women's optimal diabetes management is being at greater risk of developing mental health conditions, especially for women with insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes. In addition, complementary medicine use is highly prevalent among women and is associated with significant direct and indirect risks, which raises clinical governance issues. To date, limited gender-specific diabetes research exists that has explored women's diabetes self-management behaviours and risk profiles. We argue that this is essential to inform the design of targeted care approaches that address clinical governance issues and help health-care professionals to better support women living with diabetes.

Clinical governance in New Zealand: perceptions from registered health professionals in health care delivery compared with social insurance.

Objective Effective clinical governance can improve delivery of health outcomes. This exploratory study compared perceptions of clinical governance development held by registered health professionals employed by two different but interrelated health organisations in the broader New Zealand (NZ) health system. Most staff in public sector healthcare service delivery organisations (i.e. District Health Boards (DHBs)) are registered health professionals, whereas these clinical staff represent a small minority (5%) in social insurance organisations (i.e. the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)). Given these different contexts, comparison of results from three surveys of clinical governance perceptions identified key learnings for the development of clinical governance. Methods The Clinical Governance Development Index (CGDI) was administered to registered health professional staff in NZ DHBs and ACC, at different time points. The data were explored, compared and reported. Results Responses to survey items completed by NZ DHB staff and registered health professionals employed by ACC were compared. For each administration, there was a similar profile of positive responses across the seven CGDI items. The 2020 ACC survey results for one item were clearly different. This item asked about perceptions of full and active involvement in organisational processes and decision making (i.e. clinical engagement). Conclusions Perceptions of registered health professionals working in the NZ public sector delivering health services were compared with those held by staff employed by a NZ social insurer predominantly commissioning and influencing care. The results indicated similar levels of clinical governance development. Clinical governance development in the ACC context can benefit from clear communication, building strong supporting structures and greater management-clinical provider partnerships. Clinical governance development drives health outcomes and regular measurement of developmental progress can provide momentum. There is room across the NZ health system to raise awareness and leverage clinical governance to deliver improved health outcomes. What is known about the topic? Little is known about the perceptions held by registered health professionals employed by social insurance organisations. There are no published comparative studies exploring differences in perceptions between registered health professionals across two different organisational contexts, both with a goal of improving health outcomes. What does this paper add? Effective clinical governance drives coordinated, quality systems that promote optimal health outcomes. Social insurance organisations predominantly commission healthcare providers to deliver health outcomes. Although registered health professionals employed by social insurance organisations represent a small total number of staff, their perspective on clinical governance, as reported via survey, indicated there is most to be gained in the development of partnerships between management and clinical providers. This exploratory study fills a gap in the existing clinical governance development literature and evidence base. What are the implications for practitioners? Any health organisation can leverage clinical governance to deliver improved health outcomes. Effective clinical governance interventions are targeted to specific organisational context and culture. For ACC, a clear definition, enhanced management-clinical provider partnerships and strong supporting structures or organisational arrangements can be further developed. The survey results indicated that a focus on management-clinical provider partnerships is a clear priority for ACC clinical governance development. Partnerships based in empowered collaboration require greater clinical engagement, as well as increased capability for aligning with organisational priorities. Effective clinical governance development requires attention to context and culture. It can improve delivery of health outcomes.

Grounded accountability in life-and-death high-consequence healthcare settings.

PURPOSE: The paper examines interviewee insights into accountability for clinical governance in high-consequence, life-and-death hospital settings. The analysis draws on the distinction between formal "imposed accountability" and front-line "felt accountability". From these insights, the paper introduces an emergent concept, "grounded accountability". DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Interviews are conducted with 41 clinicians, managers and governors in two large academic hospitals. The authors ask interviewees to recall a critical clinical incident as a focus for elucidating their experiences of and observation on the practice of accountability. FINDINGS: Accountability emerges from the front-line, on-the-ground. Together, clinicians, managers and governors co-construct accountability. Less attention is paid to cost, blame, legal processes or personal reputation. Money and other accountability assumptions in business do not always apply in a hospital setting. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The authors propose the concept of co-constructed "grounded accountability" comprising interrelationships between the concept's three constituent themes of front-line staff's felt accountability, along with grounded engagement by managers/governors, supported by a culture of openness.