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Open AccessQuality indicators for ambulatory colectomy: literature search and expert consensus
Care for patients undergoing elective colectomy has become increasingly standardized using Enhanced Recovery Programs (ERP). ERP, encorporating minimally invasive surgery (MIS), decreased postoperative morbidi...
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Open AccessMeasuring in-hospital quality multidimensionally by integrating patients’, kin’s and healthcare professionals’ perspectives: development and validation of the FlaQuM-Quickscan
Measuring quality is essential to drive improvement initiatives in hospitals. An instrument that measures healthcare quality multidimensionally and integrates patients’, kin’s and professionals’ perspectives i...
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Open AccessIn search of an international multidimensional action plan for second victim support: a narrative review
Insights around second victims (SV) and patient safety has been growing over time. An overview of the available evidence is lacking. This review aims to describe (i) the impact a patient safety incident can ha...
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Open AccessThe impact of emotional support on healthcare workers and students co** with COVID-19, and other SARS-CoV pandemics – a mixed-methods systematic review
Pandemics such as COVID-19 pose threats to the physical safety of healthcare workers and students. They can have traumatic experiences affecting their personal and professional life. Increasing rates of burnou...
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Open AccessThe determinants of expert opinion in the development of care pathways: insights from an exploratory cluster analysis
We performed a secondary exploratory cluster analysis on the data collected from the validation phase of the study leading to the development of the model care pathway (CP) for Myasthenia Gravis (MG), in which...
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Proximal humeral fracture osteosynthesis in Belgium: a retrospective population-based epidemiologic study
Proximal humeral fractures (PHF) comprise approximately five percent of all fractures and this percentage will continue to increase due to the aging population with accompanying osteoporosis. Most PHF can be t...
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Correction to: Quality indicators in the treatment of geriatric hip fractures: literature review and expert consensus
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Timeliness of administration of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and meropenem in a large tertiary care centre
Background For amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and meropenem to be effective, concentrations must exceed the minimum inhibitory concentration of infecting pathogens. Objective To retrospectively evaluate time windows...
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Osteosynthesis of proximal humeral fractures: a 1-year analysis of failure in a Belgian level-1 trauma centre
Proximal humeral fractures are the third most common fractures affecting the elderly. Angular stable osteosynthesis has become indispensable in the operative treatment. However, surgical fixation remains chall...
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Quality indicators in the treatment of geriatric hip fractures: literature review and expert consensus
Even though hip fracture care pathways have evolved, mortality rates have not improved during the last 20 years. This finding together with the increased frailty of hip fracture patients turned hip fractures i...
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Open AccessA decade of commitment to hospital quality of care: overview of and perceptions on multicomponent quality improvement policies involving accreditation, public reporting, inspection and pay-for-performance
Quality improvement (QI) initiatives such as accreditation, public reporting, inspection and pay-for-performance are increasingly being implemented globally. In Flanders, Belgium, a government policy for acute...
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International comparative study of low back pain care pathways and analysis of key interventions
Low back pain (LBP) is a major public health problem worldwide. Significant practice variation exists despite guidelines, including strong interventionist focus by some practitioners. Translation of guidelines...
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Open AccessFailure after proximal humeral fracture osteosynthesis: a one year analysis of hospital-related healthcare cost
The issue of rising healthcare costs and limited resources is a topic of worldwide discussion over the last several decades. We hypothesized that failure of proximal humeral fracture osteosynthesis is presumed...
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Effects of implementing a care pathway for colorectal cancer surgery in ten European hospitals: an international multicenter pre–post-test study
Adherence to evidence-based recommendations is variable and generally low. This is also followed in colorectal surgery, despite the availability of the ERAS® protocol. The aim of the study was to evaluate the eff...
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Patients’ experiential knowledge and expertise in health care: A hybrid concept analysis
Although the concept of experiential expertise is relatively new in modern health care services, policy, and research, it has profound implications for improving participation in healthcare. The absence of the...
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Recommended care received by geriatric hip fracture patients: where are we now and where are we heading?
Despite the availability of clinical guidelines on the prevention and treatment of geriatric hip fractures, the percentage of recommended care received by patients is low. We conducted an importance–performanc...
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Open AccessDevelopment of key interventions and quality indicators for the management of an adult potential donor after brain death: a RAND modified Delphi approach
A substantial degree of variability in practices exists amongst donor hospitals regarding the donor detection, determination of brain death, application of donor management techniques or achievement of donor m...
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Variation in care for surgical patients with colorectal cancer: protocol adherence in 12 European hospitals
Surgical care for patients with colorectal cancer has become increasingly standardized. The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol is a widely accepted structured care method to improve postoperative ...
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Validation of the Child HCAHPS survey to measure pediatric inpatient experience of care in Flanders
The recently developed Child HCAHPS provides a standard to measure US hospitals’ performance on pediatric inpatient experiences of care. We field-tested Child HCAHPS in Belgium to instigate international compa...
