Strengthening quality of care in partnership with long-term care facilities

Protocol of the Swiss National Implementation Programme NIP-Q-UPGRADE

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ID13775124
AutoresNereide Alhena Curreri (0000-0002-2065-5448, Applied University of Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, (SUPSI), Manno, Switzerland, autor correspondente), Laurie M Corna (0000-0001-8847-7134, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland), Laurie Corna (Applied University of Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, (SUPSI), Manno, Switzerland), Emmanuelle Poncin (0000-0003-1517-6909, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland), Bastiaan Van Grootven (0000-0002-3182-573X, University of Basel), Jianan Huang (0000-0001-6263-1658, University of Basel), Marcelina Osińska (0000-0003-0709-118X, University of Basel), Magda Osinska (University of Basel), Serena Sibilio (0000-0002-0223-3399, University of Basel), Lisa Kastner (University of Basel), Linda Kästner (0009-0003-1375-3896, University of Basel), Simon Thuillard (0000-0002-9991-9855, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland), Lucie Vittoz (University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland), Susanne Baumann (0000-0002-3821-494X, University of Basel), Sonja Baumann (University of Basel), Brigitte Benkert (University of Basel), Angelika Rüttimann (University of Basel), Andrea Brambilla (0000-0001-7891-0336, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland), Anna Brambilla (Applied University of Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, (SUPSI), Manno, Switzerland), Gabriela Cafaro (0009-0009-1634-6624, Applied University of Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, (SUPSI), Manno, Switzerland), Nathalie Wellens (0000-0002-9372-1960, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland), Franziska Zúñiga (0000-0002-8844-4903, University of Basel)
Ano2025
Volume62
Páginas469580251328101-469580251328101
Data de publicação2025-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoINQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0046-9580 • E-ISSN: 1945-7243
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00469580251328101
PMID40400403
OpenAlexW4410622705
IdiomaEN
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Quality improvement is essential in long-term care for older adults. Reporting medical quality indicators (MQI) is commonplace, but the impact on care quality improvement remains uncertain. This paper presents the Swiss National Implementation Programme - Strengthening Quality of Care in Partnership with Residential Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF) for Older People (NIP-Q-UPGRADE), that aims to develop quality in Swiss long-term care facilities (LTCFs) by (1) strengthening robustness of MQI data, (2) supporting LTCFs in data-driven quality improvement, (3) introducing further quality indicators. The protocol for implementing the programme is outlined by work package and specific sub-aims. NIP-Q-UPGRADE is grounded in implementation science principles, using EPIS (exploration, preparation, implementation, sustainment) as a process framework and the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) for its contextual analyses, and it has a strong participatory approach. Sub-studies focus on understanding current context, leveraging expertise, developing and piloting actionable intervention bundles with corresponding strategies, and preparing a national scale-up. Methodologies include literature reviews, ethnographic research, international case studies, intervention mapping, online-surveys, participatory workshops as well as pragmatic trials. At the end of NIP-Q-UPGRADE, we expect to have intervention bundles ready to improve data quality and foster data-driven quality improvement in LTCFs and to have the field prepared with corresponding implementation strategies so that national and regional LTC organizations can plan and monitor the scale-up. NIP-Q-UPGRADE will implement strategies and inform policies for sustainable, data-driven quality development. Results will inform national quality improvement implementation applicable to global LTC policies and practices

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