Organizacija (Nov 2014)

Quality Registers in Professional Health Care Educations; Knowledge Gaps and Proposed Actions

  • Nordin Annika M. M.,
  • Ernsäter Torie Palm,
  • Bergman Bo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/orga-2014-0022
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 47, no. 4
pp. 245 – 253

Abstract

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Background and purpose: The use of quality registers has increased rapidly in Sweden and they are identified as beneficial for health care competitiveness. A quality register is a structured gathering of patient information, to improve health care. However, the introduction of quality registers in health care organisations presupposes that employees know how to use them in quality improvement. Disconnections, or knowledge gaps, concerning quality registers hamper the possibilities to take advantage of them. Taking departure in professional health care educations, the purpose with the paper is to identify and explore knowledge gaps concerning quality registers. A second purpose is to propose actions to bridge the gaps.

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