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  • Healthcare Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Organizational Change

Background:

  • Quality Improvement Collaboratives (QICs) are widely used for rapid implementation of evidence-based changes.
  • However, the evidence base for QICs remains limited, particularly for process redesign applications.
  • This study investigates the applicability of the QIC method for healthcare process redesign.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the conditions and challenges of applying the Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) method to process redesign in healthcare.
  • To identify factors hindering the effective use of QICs in reducing patient waiting times and hospital length of stay.

Main Methods:

  • A multiple case study design was employed to evaluate a Dutch process redesign collaborative involving seventeen project teams.
  • Qualitative data were collected through document analysis, questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and participation in collaborative meetings.
  • The study focused on reducing the time from outpatient clinic visit to treatment start and in-hospital length of stay by 30%.

Main Results:

  • The QIC method proved difficult for process redesign, as teams required customized solutions instead of standard change ideas.
  • Teams struggled to test changes within short timeframes due to tailoring needs, inter-departmental alignment complexities, small patient volumes, and inadequate ICT support.
  • Limited peer stimulus was observed due to project dissimilarities and a lack of competitive behavior; organizational and external support was also reported as limited.

Conclusions:

  • The need for tailoring standard change ideas and aligning diverse departmental interests significantly hampered QIC use in process redesign.
  • The study could not definitively determine the appropriateness of the QIC method for process redesign.
  • Suboptimal peer stimulus and a lack of essential preconditions indicated that project teams perceived barriers to successful QIC implementation.