Health professionals’ experiences with participating in quality improvement in elderly care
The themes address barriers to participation in quality improvement, reflecting an organizational structure that hinders participation and quality improvement. A quality culture, along with structured approaches to improve quality and foster employee participation is lacking. Implementing total quality management could help address the challenges faced by health professionals in these settings.
Authors
- Ingela Bäckström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7621-2649)
- Marie Häggström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9936-8395)
- Lisabet Wieslander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2180-5488)
Institutions
- Sundsvall Municipality (SE)
- Östersunds Hospital (SE)
- Mid Sweden University (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa-11-2024-0103
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00