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Making a Sustainable Difference to People, Processes and Systems: Whole-Systems Approaches to Process Improvement in Health Systems

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  • Martin McNamara

    (UCD Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Education & Innovation in Health Systems, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, UCD Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland)

  • Marie Ward

    (Centre for Innovative Human Systems, School of Psychology, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, D02 PN40 Dublin, Ireland)

  • Seán Paul Teeling

    (UCD Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Education & Innovation in Health Systems, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, UCD Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland
    Centre for Person-Centred Practice Research, Division of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh EH21 6UU, UK)

Abstract

The eighteen papers in this Special Issue, ‘Whole-Systems Approaches to Process Improvement in Health Systems’, address an enduring challenge in healthcare: to improve efficiency with existing or reduced resources, while maintaining safe and effective care [...]

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  • Martin McNamara & Marie Ward & Seán Paul Teeling, 2023. "Making a Sustainable Difference to People, Processes and Systems: Whole-Systems Approaches to Process Improvement in Health Systems," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(7), pages 1-5, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:7:p:5232-:d:1104829
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    1. Marie E. Ward & Ailish Daly & Martin McNamara & Suzanne Garvey & Sean Paul Teeling, 2022. "A Case Study of a Whole System Approach to Improvement in an Acute Hospital Setting," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-22, January.
    2. Rachel Flynn & Stephanie P. Brooks & Denise Thomson & Gabrielle L. Zimmermann & David Johnson & Tracy Wasylak, 2021. "An Implementation Science Laboratory as One Approach to Whole System Improvement: A Canadian Healthcare Perspective," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-14, December.
    3. Ailish Daly & Seán Paul Teeling & Marie Ward & Martin McNamara & Ciara Robinson, 2021. "The Use of Lean Six Sigma for Improving Availability of and Access to Emergency Department Data to Facilitate Patient Flow," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(21), pages 1-15, October.
    4. Nicola Wolfe & Seán Paul Teeling & Marie Ward & Martin McNamara & Liby Koshy, 2021. "Operation Note Transformation: The Application of Lean Six Sigma to Improve the Process of Documenting the Operation Note in a Private Hospital Setting," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-16, November.
    5. Ailish Daly & Nicola Wolfe & Seán Paul Teeling & Marie Ward & Martin McNamara, 2021. "Redesigning the Process for Scheduling Elective Orthopaedic Surgery: A Combined Lean Six Sigma and Person-Centred Approach," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-15, November.
    6. Seán Paul Teeling & Jan Dewing & Deborah Baldie, 2021. "A Realist Inquiry to Identify the Contribution of Lean Six Sigma to Person-Centred Care and Cultures," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-21, October.
    7. Seán Paul Teeling & Jan Dewing & Deborah Baldie, 2022. "Developing New Methods for Person-Centred Approaches to Adjudicate Context–Mechanism–Outcome Configurations in Realist Evaluation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(4), pages 1-17, February.
    8. Sharon J. Williams & Stephanie Best, 2022. "What Does a Systems Approach to Quality Improvement Look Like in Practice?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-15, January.
    9. Sinead Moffatt & Catherine Garry & Hannah McCann & Sean Paul Teeling & Marie Ward & Martin McNamara, 2022. "The Use of Lean Six Sigma Methodology in the Reduction of Patient Length of Stay Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-18, January.
    10. Anne Dempsey & Ciara Robinson & Niamh Moffatt & Therese Hennessy & Annmarie Bradshaw & Sean Paul Teeling & Marie Ward & Martin McNamara, 2021. "Lean Six Sigma Redesign of a Process for Healthcare Mandatory Education in Basic Life Support—A Pilot Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(21), pages 1-18, November.
    11. Tanya McCance & Brendan McCormack & Paul Slater & Donna McConnell, 2021. "Examining the Theoretical Relationship between Constructs in the Person-Centred Practice Framework: A Structural Equation Model," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(24), pages 1-13, December.
    12. Nick McDonald & Lucy McKenna & Rebecca Vining & Brian Doyle & Junli Liang & Marie E. Ward & Pernilla Ulfvengren & Una Geary & John Guilfoyle & Arwa Shuhaiber & Julio Hernandez & Mary Fogarty & Una Hea, 2021. "Evaluation of an Access-Risk-Knowledge (ARK) Platform for Governance of Risk and Change in Complex Socio-Technical Systems," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-33, November.
    13. Lisa O’Mahony & Kerrie McCarthy & Josephine O’Donoghue & Seán Paul Teeling & Marie Ward & Martin McNamara, 2021. "Using Lean Six Sigma to Redesign the Supply Chain to the Operating Room Department of a Private Hospital to Reduce Associated Costs and Release Nursing Time to Care," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(21), pages 1-14, October.
    14. Sean Paul Teeling & Carmel Davies & Marlize Barnard & Laserina O’Connor & Alice Coffey & Veronica Lambert & Martin McNamara & Dympna Tuohy & Timothy Frawley & Catherine Redmond & Suja Somanadhan & Mar, 2021. "A Rapid Realist Review of Quality Care Process Metrics Implementation in Nursing and Midwifery Practice," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-18, November.
    15. Patricia Egan & Anthony Pierce & Audrey Flynn & Sean Paul Teeling & Marie Ward & Martin McNamara, 2021. "Releasing Operating Room Nursing Time to Care through the Reduction of Surgical Case Preparation Time: A Lean Six Sigma Pilot Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-15, November.
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