LIVIVO - The Search Portal for Life Sciences

zur deutschen Oberfläche wechseln
Advanced search

Search results

Result 1 - 6 of total 6

Search options

  1. Article ; Online: Safer radiation therapy treatment resulting from an equipment transition: A mixed-methods study.

    Simons, Pascale A M / Bergs, Jochen / Pijls-Johannesma, Madelon / Backes, Huub / Marneffe, Wim / Vandijck, Dominique

    Practical radiation oncology

    2016  Volume 6, Issue 1, Page(s) 19–25

    Abstract: Purpose: To realize individualized safe radiation therapy, reliable treatment equipment is essential in combination with a system-level improvement approach. We hypothesized that implementation of a system that integrated all required treatment ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: To realize individualized safe radiation therapy, reliable treatment equipment is essential in combination with a system-level improvement approach. We hypothesized that implementation of a system that integrated all required treatment equipment would result in improved safety and stability of the irradiation treatment process.
    Methods and materials: Seven accelerators, portal imaging, and the treatment planning software were replaced by an integrated system that included 6 accelerators. The number of reported safety incidents and root causes were recorded between 2010 and 2014. Time series analysis was performed, and quantitative results were explored by structured interviews. Additionally, downtime was recorded.
    Results: From January 2010 to July 2014, 5085 incidents were reported. Reports related to the accelerators decreased from 33% (2010) to 20% (2013-2014) of total reports, whereas the number of delivered fractions per accelerator increased by 20% (2010: 643 per month; 2013: 795 per month). Reports related to portal imaging decreased from 16.5 reports per month (2010) to 3.1 (2013-2014). Of these portal imaging reports, 316 had at least 1 technical cause in 2010, which decreased to 13 in 2013-2014. Interviewees attributed the decreased reporting to the equipment transition, not to decreased safety awareness. Downtime decreased by 46%, from 5.4% in 2010 to 2.9% in 2013.
    Conclusions: The number of reported accelerator- and portal imaging-related incidents decreased significantly, whereas safety awareness remained stable. In addition, accelerator downtime decreased, possibly resulting in less rescheduling of patients and fewer disruptions of work processes. Therefore, we conclude that the risk for serious safety incidents and patient harm decreased after implementation of the new integrated system.
    MeSH term(s) Equipment Failure Analysis/methods ; Humans ; Information Storage and Retrieval/methods ; Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital/methods ; Particle Accelerators/instrumentation ; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted/methods ; Risk Management ; Safety Management ; Software ; User-Computer Interface
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1879-8519
    ISSN (online) 1879-8519
    DOI 10.1016/j.prro.2015.08.008
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

    Order via subito

    This service is chargeable due to the Delivery terms set by subito. Orders including an article and supplementary material will be classified as separate orders. In these cases, fees will be demanded for each order.

    Inter-library loan at ZB MED

    Your chosen title can be delivered directly to ZB MED Cologne location if you are registered as a user at ZB MED Cologne.

  2. Article: Workshops as a useful tool to better understand care professionals' views of a lean change program.

    Simons, Pascale A M / Benders, Jos / Marneffe, Wim / Pijls-Johannesma, Madelon / Vandijck, Dominique

    International journal of health care quality assurance

    2015  Volume 28, Issue 1, Page(s) 64–74

    Abstract: Purpose: For change programs to succeed, it is vital to have a detailed understanding of employees' views regarding the program, especially when the proposed changes are potentially contested. Gaining insight into employee perceptions helps managers to ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: For change programs to succeed, it is vital to have a detailed understanding of employees' views regarding the program, especially when the proposed changes are potentially contested. Gaining insight into employee perceptions helps managers to decide how to proceed. The authors conducted two workshops in a radiotherapy institute to assess the benefits and drawbacks, as well as their underlying causes, of a proposed Lean change program. Managers' views on the workshops' usefulness were charted. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
    Design/methodology/approach: Two workshops were organized in which employees predicted positive and negative effects of a Lean program. The workshops combined a structured brainstorm (KJ-technique) and an evaluation of the expected effects. Eight top managers judged the workshops' value on supporting decision making.
    Findings: In total, 15 employees participated in the workshops. Participants from workshop 2 reported more expected effects (27 effects; 18 positive) than from workshop 1 (14 effects; six positive). However, when effects were categorized, similar results were shown. Three from eight managers scored the results relevant for decision making and four neutral. Seven managers recommended future use of the instrument. Increased employee involvement and bottom-up thinking combined with relatively low costs were appreciated most.
    Practical implications: The workshop could serve as a simple instrument to improve decision making and enhance successful implementation of change programs, as it was expected to enhance employees' involvement and was relatively easy to conduct and cheap.
    Originality/value: The workshop increased insight into employee views, facilitating adaptive actions by healthcare organization managers.
    MeSH term(s) Communication ; Decision Making ; Efficiency, Organizational ; Health Facility Administrators ; Health Personnel ; Humans ; Job Satisfaction ; Leadership ; Netherlands ; Organizational Culture ; Patient Safety ; Problem Solving ; Quality Improvement/organization & administration
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 645125-1
    ISSN 0952-6862 ; 1366-0756
    ISSN 0952-6862 ; 1366-0756
    DOI 10.1108/IJHCQA-01-2014-0007
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

    In stock of ZB MED Cologne/Königswinter

    Zs.A 2499: Show issues Location:
    Je nach Verfügbarkeit (siehe Angabe bei Bestand)
    bis Jg. 1994: Bestellungen von Artikeln über das Online-Bestellformular
    Jg. 1995 - 2021: Lesesall (2.OG)
    ab Jg. 2022: Lesesaal (EG)

    Order via subito

    This service is chargeable due to the Delivery terms set by subito. Orders including an article and supplementary material will be classified as separate orders. In these cases, fees will be demanded for each order.

  3. Article ; Online: Cost-Effectiveness of Reduced Waiting Time for Head and Neck Cancer Patients due to a Lean Process Redesign.

    Simons, Pascale A M / Ramaekers, Bram / Hoebers, Frank / Kross, Kenneth W / Marneffe, Wim / Pijls-Johannesma, Madelon / Vandijck, Dominique

    Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

    2015  Volume 18, Issue 5, Page(s) 587–596

    Abstract: Background: Compared with new technologies, the redesign of care processes is generally considered less attractive to improve patient outcomes. Nevertheless, it might result in better patient outcomes, without further increasing costs. Because early ... ...

    Abstract Background: Compared with new technologies, the redesign of care processes is generally considered less attractive to improve patient outcomes. Nevertheless, it might result in better patient outcomes, without further increasing costs. Because early initiation of treatment is of vital importance for patients with head and neck cancer (HNC), these care processes were redesigned.
    Objectives: This study aimed to assess patient outcomes and cost-effectiveness of this redesign.
    Methods: An economic (Markov) model was constructed to evaluate the biopsy process of suspicious lesion under local instead of general anesthesia, and combining computed tomography and positron emission tomography for diagnostics and radiotherapy planning. Patients treated for HNC were included in the model stratified by disease location (larynx, oropharynx, hypopharynx, and oral cavity) and stage (I-II and III-IV). Probabilistic sensitivity analyses were performed.
    Results: Waiting time before treatment start reduced from 5 to 22 days for the included patient groups, resulting in 0.13 to 0.66 additional quality-adjusted life-years. The new workflow was cost-effective for all the included patient groups, using a ceiling ratio of €80,000 or €20,000. For patients treated for tumors located at the larynx and oral cavity, the new workflow resulted in additional quality-adjusted life-years, and costs decreased compared with the regular workflow. The health care payer benefited €14.1 million and €91.5 million, respectively, when individual net monetary benefits were extrapolated to an organizational level and a national level.
    Conclusions: The redesigned care process reduced the waiting time for the treatment of patients with HNC and proved cost-effective. Because care improved, implementation on a wider scale should be considered.
    MeSH term(s) Anesthesia, General/economics ; Anesthesia, Local/economics ; Biopsy/economics ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures/economics ; Head and Neck Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Head and Neck Neoplasms/economics ; Head and Neck Neoplasms/therapy ; Health Care Costs ; Humans ; Markov Chains ; Models, Economic ; Multimodal Imaging/economics ; Neoplasm Staging ; Positron-Emission Tomography/economics ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Process Assessment (Health Care)/economics ; Program Evaluation ; Quality-Adjusted Life Years ; Time Factors ; Time-to-Treatment/economics ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed/economics ; Treatment Outcome ; Waiting Lists ; Workflow
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Evaluation Studies ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1471745-1
    ISSN 1524-4733 ; 1098-3015
    ISSN (online) 1524-4733
    ISSN 1098-3015
    DOI 10.1016/j.jval.2015.04.003
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

    In stock of ZB MED Cologne/Königswinter

    Zs.A 5904: Show issues Location:
    Je nach Verfügbarkeit (siehe Angabe bei Bestand)
    bis Jg. 1994: Bestellungen von Artikeln über das Online-Bestellformular
    Jg. 1995 - 2021: Lesesall (2.OG)
    ab Jg. 2022: Lesesaal (EG)

    Order via subito

    This service is chargeable due to the Delivery terms set by subito. Orders including an article and supplementary material will be classified as separate orders. In these cases, fees will be demanded for each order.

  4. Article ; Online: Does lean management improve patient safety culture? An extensive evaluation of safety culture in a radiotherapy institute.

    Simons, Pascale A M / Houben, Ruud / Vlayen, Annemie / Hellings, Johan / Pijls-Johannesma, Madelon / Marneffe, Wim / Vandijck, Dominique

    European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society

    2015  Volume 19, Issue 1, Page(s) 29–37

    Abstract: Purpose: The importance of a safety culture to maximize safety is no longer questioned. However, achieving sustainable culture improvements are less evident. Evidence is growing for a multifaceted approach, where multiple safety interventions are ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: The importance of a safety culture to maximize safety is no longer questioned. However, achieving sustainable culture improvements are less evident. Evidence is growing for a multifaceted approach, where multiple safety interventions are combined. Lean management is such an integral approach to improve safety, quality and efficiency and therefore, could be expected to improve the safety culture. This paper presents the effects of lean management activities on the patient safety culture in a radiotherapy institute.
    Methods: Patient safety culture was evaluated over a three year period using triangulation of methodologies. Two surveys were distributed three times, workshops were performed twice, data from an incident reporting system (IRS) was monitored and results were explored using structured interviews with professionals. Averages, chi-square, logistical and multi-level regression were used for analysis.
    Results: The workshops showed no changes in safety culture, whereas the surveys showed improvements on six out of twelve dimensions of safety climate. The intention to report incidents not reaching patient-level decreased in accordance with the decreasing number of reports in the IRS. However, the intention to take action in order to prevent future incidents improved (factorial survey presented β: 1.19 with p: 0.01).
    Conclusions: Due to increased problem solving and improvements in equipment, the number of incidents decreased. Although the intention to report incidents not reaching patient-level decreased, employees experienced sustained safety awareness and an increased intention to structurally improve. The patient safety culture improved due to the lean activities combined with an organizational restructure, and actual patient safety outcomes might have improved as well.
    MeSH term(s) Attitude of Health Personnel ; Critical Pathways/organization & administration ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Netherlands ; Organizational Culture ; Patient Safety ; Professional Role ; Radiation Oncology ; Safety Management/organization & administration ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-02
    Publishing country Scotland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2017117-1
    ISSN 1532-2122 ; 1462-3889
    ISSN (online) 1532-2122
    ISSN 1462-3889
    DOI 10.1016/j.ejon.2014.08.001
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    Full text online

    More links

    Kategorien

    In stock of ZB MED Cologne/Königswinter

    Zs.A 6219: Show issues Location:
    Je nach Verfügbarkeit (siehe Angabe bei Bestand)
    bis Jg. 2021: Bestellungen von Artikeln über das Online-Bestellformular
    ab Jg. 2022: Lesesaal (EG)

    Order via subito

    This service is chargeable due to the Delivery terms set by subito. Orders including an article and supplementary material will be classified as separate orders. In these cases, fees will be demanded for each order.

  5. Article ; Online: Does compliance to patient safety tasks improve and sustain when radiotherapy treatment processes are standardized?

    Simons, Pascale A M / Houben, Ruud / Benders, Jos / Pijls-Johannesma, Madelon / Vandijck, Dominique / Marneffe, Wim / Backes, Huub / Groothuis, Siebren

    European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society

    2014  Volume 18, Issue 5, Page(s) 459–465

    Abstract: Purpose: To realize safe radiotherapy treatment, processes must be stabilized. Standard operating procedures (SOP's) were expected to stabilize the treatment process and perceived task importance would increase sustainability in compliance. This paper ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: To realize safe radiotherapy treatment, processes must be stabilized. Standard operating procedures (SOP's) were expected to stabilize the treatment process and perceived task importance would increase sustainability in compliance. This paper presents the effects on compliance to safety related tasks of a process redesign based on lean principles.
    Method: Compliance to patient safety tasks was measured by video recording of actual radiation treatment, before (T0), directly after (T1) and 1.5 years after (T2) a process redesign. Additionally, technologists were surveyed on perceived task importance and reported incidents were collected for three half-year periods between 2007 and 2009.
    Results: Compliance to four out of eleven tasks increased at T1, of which improvements on three sustained (T2). Perceived importance of tasks strongly correlated (0.82) to compliance rates at T2. The two tasks, perceived as least important, presented low base-line compliance, improved (T1), but relapsed at T2. The reported near misses (patient-level not reached) on accelerators increased (P < 0.001) from 144 (2007) to 535 (2009), while the reported misses (patient-level reached) remained constant.
    Conclusions: Compliance to specific tasks increased after introducing SOP's and improvements sustained after 1.5 years, indicating increased stability. Perceived importance of tasks correlated positively to compliance and sustainability. Raising the perception of task importance is thus crucial to increase compliance. The redesign resulted in increased willingness to report incidents, creating opportunities for patient safety improvement in radiotherapy treatment.
    MeSH term(s) Allied Health Personnel ; Attitude of Health Personnel ; Guideline Adherence ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Neoplasms/radiotherapy ; Oncology Nursing/methods ; Patient Safety/standards ; Practice Guidelines as Topic ; Radiotherapy/standards ; Reference Standards ; Safety Management/organization & administration
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-10
    Publishing country Scotland
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2017117-1
    ISSN 1532-2122 ; 1462-3889
    ISSN (online) 1532-2122
    ISSN 1462-3889
    DOI 10.1016/j.ejon.2014.05.003
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    Full text online

    More links

    Kategorien

    In stock of ZB MED Cologne/Königswinter

    Zs.A 6219: Show issues Location:
    Je nach Verfügbarkeit (siehe Angabe bei Bestand)
    bis Jg. 2021: Bestellungen von Artikeln über das Online-Bestellformular
    ab Jg. 2022: Lesesaal (EG)

    Order via subito

    This service is chargeable due to the Delivery terms set by subito. Orders including an article and supplementary material will be classified as separate orders. In these cases, fees will be demanded for each order.

  6. Article ; Online: Compliance to technical guidelines for radiotherapy treatment in relation to patient safety.

    Simons, Pascale A M / Houben, Ruud M A / Backes, Huub H / Pijls, Rene F G / Groothuis, Siebren

    International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care

    2010  Volume 22, Issue 3, Page(s) 187–193

    Abstract: Objective: To determine the compliance of radiation technologists to technical guidelines in daily practice for radiotherapy treatment and whether there are differences in compliance across organizational units.: Design: On the basis of consensus, ... ...

    Abstract Objective: To determine the compliance of radiation technologists to technical guidelines in daily practice for radiotherapy treatment and whether there are differences in compliance across organizational units.
    Design: On the basis of consensus, radiation technologists constructed a flowchart describing the work procedure of the irradiation of patients with breast cancer. Using video recordings, technologists in two units were observed to determine whether treatment was conducted in accordance with the flowchart.
    Setting: Data have been collected on one linear accelerator at the MAASTRO clinic, a radiotherapy clinic in the Netherlands.
    Participants: Fifty-six treatments for breast cancer were analyzed in two treatment units.
    Main outcome measure: Percentage compliance to the most important issues for patient safety.
    Results: An overall compliance of 59% (range: 2-100%) was shown on the 18 most important tasks for patient safety. Between the two units, the compliance varied from 21% to 81%. Tasks considered important by independent assessment had higher levels of compliance.
    Conclusions: Video-taped observation proved to be an effective tool for determining compliance in daily practice. A large variation in practice within and across units was detected by the video observations suggesting a need for standard operating procedures to improve the safety of radiotherapy.
    MeSH term(s) Allied Health Personnel/organization & administration ; Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy ; Female ; Guideline Adherence/organization & administration ; Humans ; Observer Variation ; Particle Accelerators ; Practice Guidelines as Topic ; Radiotherapy/methods ; Safety Management/organization & administration ; Videotape Recording
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Multicenter Study
    ZDB-ID 1194150-9
    ISSN 1464-3677 ; 1353-4505
    ISSN (online) 1464-3677
    ISSN 1353-4505
    DOI 10.1093/intqhc/mzq020
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

    In stock of ZB MED Cologne/Königswinter

    Zs.A 3052: Show issues Location:
    Je nach Verfügbarkeit (siehe Angabe bei Bestand)
    bis Jg. 1994: Bestellungen von Artikeln über das Online-Bestellformular
    Jg. 1995 - 2021: Lesesall (2.OG)
    ab Jg. 2022: Lesesaal (EG)

    Order via subito

    This service is chargeable due to the Delivery terms set by subito. Orders including an article and supplementary material will be classified as separate orders. In these cases, fees will be demanded for each order.

To top