Which strategies support the effective use of clinical practice guidelines and clinical quality registry data to inform health service delivery? A systematic review

K Dempsey, C Ferguson, A Walczak, S Middleton… - Systematic …, 2022 - Springer
Background Empirical evidence suggests data and insights from the clinical practice
guidelines and clinical quality registries are not being fully utilised, leaving health service …

Sustaining improvement of hospital-wide initiative for patient safety and quality: a systematic scoping review

SEJ Moon, A Hogden, K Eljiz - BMJ Open Quality, 2022 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Background Long-term sustained improvement following implementation of hospital-wide
quality and safety initiatives is not easily achieved. Comprehensive theoretical and practical …

Implementation in rehabilitation: a roadmap for practitioners and researchers

JH Morris, S Bernhardsson, ML Bird… - Disability and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Despite growth in rehabilitation research, implementing research findings into
rehabilitation practice has been slow. This creates inequities for patients and is an ethical …

Primary care practitioners' perspectives of discharge communication and continuity of care for stroke survivors in Australia: a qualitative descriptive study

J Sheehan, NA Lannin, K Laver… - Health & social care …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Discharge communication is an important component of care transition between hospitals
and community care, particularly for the complex needs of stroke survivors. Despite …

Use of audit, feedback and education increased guideline implementation in a multidisciplinary stroke unit

A Vratsistas-Curto, A McCluskey… - BMJ open …, 2017 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Background The audit-feedback cycle is a behaviour change intervention used to reduce
evidence-practice gaps. In this study, repeat audits, feedback, education and training were …

Sex differences in causes of death after stroke: evidence from a national, prospective registry

HT Phan, S Gall, CL Blizzard, NA Lannin… - Journal of Women's …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Background: We examined sex differences in cause of death and cause-specific excess
mortality after stroke. Materials and Methods: First-ever strokes (2010–2013; 35 hospitals) …

A stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial to improve adherence to evidence-based practices for acute stroke management

DA Cadilhac, V Marion, NE Andrew, SJ Breen… - The Joint Commission …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background There is limited evidence regarding the optimal design and composition of
multifaceted quality improvement programs to improve acute stroke care. The researchers …

Effectiveness of self-management interventions during the peri-hospitalization period in patients with stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

E Prados-Román, I Cabrera-Martos… - Clinical …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To synthesize the evidence of the effectiveness of self-management interventions
during the peri-hospitalization period. Data sources Three databases (ie PubMed, Web of …

Inclusion of a care bundle for fever, hyperglycaemia and swallow management in a national audit for acute stroke: evidence of upscale and spread

T Purvis, S Middleton, LE Craig, MF Kilkenny… - Implementation …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background In the Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC) trial undertaken in stroke
units (SUs) located in New South Wales (NSW), Australia (2005–2010), facilitated …

Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Study Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Multiple-Case Study to Examine Improvement Sustainability of Large-Scale Initiatives in …

SEJ Moon, A Hogden, K Eljiz, N Siddiqui - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background Hospitals invest extensive resources in large-scale initiatives to improve patient
safety and quality at an organizational level. However, initial success, if any, does not …