Kris Vanhaecht
Biographic Data
| ID | 379195 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kris Vanhaecht |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kris |
| FAMILY NAME | Vanhaecht |
| SIGNATURE | VANHAECHT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5636-4792 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Patient safety incidents in the psychiatric inpatient setting
https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/, identifier CRD42023389235
Population analysis of temporal trends and between-hospital variation in mortality, readmission and prolonged length-of-stay between 2008 and 2018
Background: Despite the benefits of studying multiple patient outcomes together, research on between-hospital variation has often focused on single outcomes or disease-specific study populations. In the study we would like to present, we examined nationwide temporal trends and between-hospital variation in three important patient outcomes: (1) in-hospital mortality as a pinnacle measure of patient safety; (2) 30-day readmissions as an accountabil…
FlaQuM-Quickscan
Background: Healthcare quality is multidimensional and should be measured from a multistakeholder perspective. Experiential knowledge from patients, kin and professionals is increasingly recognised as contributions in quality management considering the trend towards value-based, co-produced healthcare systems. To address this gap in existing research, we aimed to develop and validate a new instrument. Methods: Content validity was established usi…
Lessons to enhance integrated care by assessing between-hospital variation in mortality, readmissions and prolonged length-of-stay for cardiovascular diagnoses
Background: Unwarranted between-hospital variation is a persistent healthcare quality issue that can threaten healthcare equity. Despite the benefits of studying multiple patient outcomes together, research on between-hospital variation has often focused on single outcomes or disease-specific study populations. In this study we examined three important patient outcomes: (1) in-hospital mortality as a pinnacle measure of patient safety; (2) 30-day…
Flanders Quality Model (FlaQuM)
Background: The quality policy for hospitals enrolled in 2009 by the Flemish government, is based on a ‘Quality-of-Care Triad’ consisting of accreditation, inspection and public reporting of quality indicators. Since 2021, an accreditation label no longer replaces governmental quality system inspection in Flanders. Today, hospitals have the opportunity to build their own quality management system, but questions are raised on the development of a …
Work-Related Stress among a Cohort of Italian Long-Term Care Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Despite long-term care (LTC) workers having been identified as particularly subject to chronic stress, only a few studies evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress in this population. As far as the authors know, no studies have investigated the relationship between work-related stress and chronic stress in the LTC setting. This retrospective observational study aimed to assess the level of chronic stress in LTC workers, to identify …
Healthcare Students and Medical Residents as Second Victims
Our findings highlighted the risk incurred by healthcare students of becoming an SV, with a possible significant impact on their future professional and personal lives. Therefore, we suggest that academic institutions should play a more proactive role in providing support to those involved in a PSI
Strategies for the Psychological Support of the Healthcare Workforce during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic led to the implementation of interventions to provide emotional and psychological support to healthcare workers in many countries. This ecological study aims to describe the strategies implemented in different countries to support healthcare professionals during the outbreak. Data were collected through an online survey about the measures to address the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers. Healt…
An Evidence and Consensus-Based Definition of Second Victim
The concept of second victims (SV) was introduced 20 years ago to draw attention to healthcare professionals involved in patient safety incidents. The objective of this paper is to advance the theoretical conceptualization and to develop a common definition. A literature search was performed in Medline, EMBASE and CINAHL (October 2010 to November 2020). The description of SV was extracted regarding three concepts: (1) involved persons, (2) conten…
Model for Implementation and Normalization of Care Pathways - a practical workshop
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Development of a Model for Implementation and Normalization of Care Pathways – poster
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
The future of hospital quality of care policy
Qualitative Evaluation of the Implementation of a Care Pathway for Colorectal Cancer Surgery
Colorectal cancer care can be standardized by using enhanced recovery protocols. However, adherence to these protocols varies. Using Medical Research Council (MRC) guidance on process evaluations, we examined the experience of health care professionals in the implementation of a care pathway for colorectal surgery, by describing the intervention, context, implementation, mechanisms, and outcomes. Based on data from semi-structured interviews, we …
The Early Detection of Osteoporosis in a Cohort of Healthcare Workers
Workforce aging is becoming a significant public health problem due to the resulting emergence of age-related diseases, such as osteoporosis. The prevention and early detection of osteoporosis is important to avoid bone fractures and their socio-economic burden. The aim of this study is to evaluate the sustainability of a screening workplace program able to detect workers with osteoporosis. The screening process included a questionnaire-based ris…
Development of a Model Care Pathway for Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a chronic, life-lasting condition that requires high coordination among different professionals and disciplines. The diagnosis of MG is often delayed and sometimes misdiagnosed. The goal of the care pathway (CP) is to add value to healthcare reducing unnecessary variations. The quality of the care received by patients affected with MG could benefit from the use of CP. We conducted a study aimed to define an inclusive, co…
Translating Data From an Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration System Into Knowledge
BACKGROUND: Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) systems are being widely implemented to facilitate medication safety improvement. However, translating the resulting big data into actionable knowledge has received relatively little attention. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to use routinely collected EPMA data in the study of exact time discrepancy between physicians' order and nurses' administration of systemic a…
Setting improvement priorities
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Patients’ experiential knowledge and expertise in health care
New Instrument to Measure Hospital Patient Experiences in Flanders
Implementing a standardized patient experience survey may initiate a process to apply pressure on hospitals to attend to improving patient experiences. In Flanders, Belgium, the Flemish Patient Survey was developed between 2011 and 2015. A preliminary version was developed from a scoping review and patient and expert focus groups, and included 27 items for eight hypothesized dimensions: 'preparing for hospital stay', 'information and communicatio…
Patient empowerment, patient participation and patient-centeredness in hospital care
Increased Risk of Burnout for Physicians and Nurses Involved in a Patient Safety Incident
BACKGROUND: Human errors occur everywhere, including in health care. Not only the patient, but also the involved health professional is affected (ie, the "second victim"). OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of health care professionals being personally involved in a patient safety incident (PSI), as well as the relationship of involvement and degree of harm with problematic medication use, excessive alcohol consumption, risk of burnout, wo…
An in-depth analysis of theoretical frameworks for the study of care coordination
These 14 interrelated key concepts provide a base to develop or choose a framework for studying care coordination. The relational coordination theory and the multi-level framework are interesting as these are the most comprehensive
Better Interprofessional Teamwork, Higher Level of Organized Care, and Lower Risk of Burnout in Acute Health Care Teams Using Care Pathways
BACKGROUND: Effective interprofessional teamwork is an essential component for the delivery of high-quality patient care in an increasingly complex medical environment. The objective is to evaluate whether the implementation of care pathways (CPs) improves teamwork in an acute hospital setting. DESIGN AND MEASURES: A posttest-only cluster randomized controlled trial was performed in Belgian acute hospitals. Teams caring for patients hospitalized …
Care pathways lead to better teamwork
Patients’ experiential knowledge and expertise in health care
An in-depth analysis of theoretical frameworks for the study of care coordination
These 14 interrelated key concepts provide a base to develop or choose a framework for studying care coordination. The relational coordination theory and the multi-level framework are interesting as these are the most comprehensive
Care pathways lead to better teamwork
An in-depth analysis of theoretical frameworks for the study of care coordination
These 14 interrelated key concepts provide a base to develop or choose a framework for studying care coordination. The relational coordination theory and the multi-level framework are interesting as these are the most comprehensive
Better Interprofessional Teamwork, Higher Level of Organized Care, and Lower Risk of Burnout in Acute Health Care Teams Using Care Pathways
BACKGROUND: Effective interprofessional teamwork is an essential component for the delivery of high-quality patient care in an increasingly complex medical environment. The objective is to evaluate whether the implementation of care pathways (CPs) improves teamwork in an acute hospital setting. DESIGN AND MEASURES: A posttest-only cluster randomized controlled trial was performed in Belgian acute hospitals. Teams caring for patients hospitalized …
Patient empowerment, patient participation and patient-centeredness in hospital care
Increased Risk of Burnout for Physicians and Nurses Involved in a Patient Safety Incident
BACKGROUND: Human errors occur everywhere, including in health care. Not only the patient, but also the involved health professional is affected (ie, the "second victim"). OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of health care professionals being personally involved in a patient safety incident (PSI), as well as the relationship of involvement and degree of harm with problematic medication use, excessive alcohol consumption, risk of burnout, wo…
New Instrument to Measure Hospital Patient Experiences in Flanders
Implementing a standardized patient experience survey may initiate a process to apply pressure on hospitals to attend to improving patient experiences. In Flanders, Belgium, the Flemish Patient Survey was developed between 2011 and 2015. A preliminary version was developed from a scoping review and patient and expert focus groups, and included 27 items for eight hypothesized dimensions: 'preparing for hospital stay', 'information and communicatio…
Patients’ experiential knowledge and expertise in health care
Setting improvement priorities
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Translating Data From an Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration System Into Knowledge
BACKGROUND: Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) systems are being widely implemented to facilitate medication safety improvement. However, translating the resulting big data into actionable knowledge has received relatively little attention. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to use routinely collected EPMA data in the study of exact time discrepancy between physicians' order and nurses' administration of systemic a…
The future of hospital quality of care policy
Qualitative Evaluation of the Implementation of a Care Pathway for Colorectal Cancer Surgery
Colorectal cancer care can be standardized by using enhanced recovery protocols. However, adherence to these protocols varies. Using Medical Research Council (MRC) guidance on process evaluations, we examined the experience of health care professionals in the implementation of a care pathway for colorectal surgery, by describing the intervention, context, implementation, mechanisms, and outcomes. Based on data from semi-structured interviews, we …
The Early Detection of Osteoporosis in a Cohort of Healthcare Workers
Workforce aging is becoming a significant public health problem due to the resulting emergence of age-related diseases, such as osteoporosis. The prevention and early detection of osteoporosis is important to avoid bone fractures and their socio-economic burden. The aim of this study is to evaluate the sustainability of a screening workplace program able to detect workers with osteoporosis. The screening process included a questionnaire-based ris…
Development of a Model Care Pathway for Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a chronic, life-lasting condition that requires high coordination among different professionals and disciplines. The diagnosis of MG is often delayed and sometimes misdiagnosed. The goal of the care pathway (CP) is to add value to healthcare reducing unnecessary variations. The quality of the care received by patients affected with MG could benefit from the use of CP. We conducted a study aimed to define an inclusive, co…
Work-Related Stress among a Cohort of Italian Long-Term Care Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Despite long-term care (LTC) workers having been identified as particularly subject to chronic stress, only a few studies evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress in this population. As far as the authors know, no studies have investigated the relationship between work-related stress and chronic stress in the LTC setting. This retrospective observational study aimed to assess the level of chronic stress in LTC workers, to identify …
Healthcare Students and Medical Residents as Second Victims
Our findings highlighted the risk incurred by healthcare students of becoming an SV, with a possible significant impact on their future professional and personal lives. Therefore, we suggest that academic institutions should play a more proactive role in providing support to those involved in a PSI
Strategies for the Psychological Support of the Healthcare Workforce during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic led to the implementation of interventions to provide emotional and psychological support to healthcare workers in many countries. This ecological study aims to describe the strategies implemented in different countries to support healthcare professionals during the outbreak. Data were collected through an online survey about the measures to address the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers. Healt…
An Evidence and Consensus-Based Definition of Second Victim
The concept of second victims (SV) was introduced 20 years ago to draw attention to healthcare professionals involved in patient safety incidents. The objective of this paper is to advance the theoretical conceptualization and to develop a common definition. A literature search was performed in Medline, EMBASE and CINAHL (October 2010 to November 2020). The description of SV was extracted regarding three concepts: (1) involved persons, (2) conten…
Model for Implementation and Normalization of Care Pathways - a practical workshop
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Development of a Model for Implementation and Normalization of Care Pathways – poster
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Population analysis of temporal trends and between-hospital variation in mortality, readmission and prolonged length-of-stay between 2008 and 2018
Background: Despite the benefits of studying multiple patient outcomes together, research on between-hospital variation has often focused on single outcomes or disease-specific study populations. In the study we would like to present, we examined nationwide temporal trends and between-hospital variation in three important patient outcomes: (1) in-hospital mortality as a pinnacle measure of patient safety; (2) 30-day readmissions as an accountabil…
FlaQuM-Quickscan
Background: Healthcare quality is multidimensional and should be measured from a multistakeholder perspective. Experiential knowledge from patients, kin and professionals is increasingly recognised as contributions in quality management considering the trend towards value-based, co-produced healthcare systems. To address this gap in existing research, we aimed to develop and validate a new instrument. Methods: Content validity was established usi…
Lessons to enhance integrated care by assessing between-hospital variation in mortality, readmissions and prolonged length-of-stay for cardiovascular diagnoses
Background: Unwarranted between-hospital variation is a persistent healthcare quality issue that can threaten healthcare equity. Despite the benefits of studying multiple patient outcomes together, research on between-hospital variation has often focused on single outcomes or disease-specific study populations. In this study we examined three important patient outcomes: (1) in-hospital mortality as a pinnacle measure of patient safety; (2) 30-day…
Flanders Quality Model (FlaQuM)
Background: The quality policy for hospitals enrolled in 2009 by the Flemish government, is based on a ‘Quality-of-Care Triad’ consisting of accreditation, inspection and public reporting of quality indicators. Since 2021, an accreditation label no longer replaces governmental quality system inspection in Flanders. Today, hospitals have the opportunity to build their own quality management system, but questions are raised on the development of a …
Patient safety incidents in the psychiatric inpatient setting
https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/, identifier CRD42023389235
Medicine (17 works) · Health care (16 works) · Nursing (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Patient Safety and Medication Errors (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Chronic Disease Management Strategies (5 works) · Family medicine (5 works)