Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Frich, Jan C"
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Balancing needs as a family caregiver in Huntington’s disease: a qualitative interview study
Røthing, Merete; Malterud, Kirsti; Frich, Jan C (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09)Family members in families with severe chronic disease play important roles in care-giving. In families affected by Huntington's disease (HD), caregivers encounter practical and emotional challenges and distress. Enduring ... -
Clinical decisions presented to patients in hospital encounters: a cross-sectional study using a novel taxonomy
Ofstad, Eirik Hugaas; Frich, Jan C; Schei, Edvin; Frankel, Richard M.; Benth, Jūratė Šaltytė; Gulbrandsen, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Objective: To identify and classify all clinical decisions that emerged in a sample of patient–physician encounters and compare different categories of decisions across clinical settings and personal characteristics. Design: ... -
Contextual factors of external inspections and mechanisms for improvement in healthcare organizations: a realist evaluation
Hovlid, Einar; Husabø, Gunnar; Teig, Inger Lise; Halvorsen, Kjersti; Frich, Jan C (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)External inspections constitute a key element of healthcare regulation. Improved quality of care is one of the important goals of inspections but the mechanisms of how inspections might contribute to quality improvement ... -
Early diagnosis of sepsis in emergency departments, time to treatment, and association with mortality: An observational study
Husabø, Gunnar; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Flaatten, Hans; Solligård, Erik; Frich, Jan C; Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Braut, Geir Sverre; Walshe, Kieran; Harthug, Stig; Hovlid, Einar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01-22)Background: Early recognition of sepsis is critical for timely initiation of treatment. The first objective of this study was to assess the timeliness of diagnostic procedures for recognizing sepsis in emergency departments. ... -
Effects of external inspection on sepsis detection and treatment: a study protocol for a quasiexperimental study with a stepped-wedge design
Hovlid, Einar; Frich, Jan C; Walshe, Kieran; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Flaatten, Hans; Braut, Geir Sverre; Helgeland, Jon; Teig, Inger Lise; Harthug, Stig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Introduction: Inspections are widely used in health care as a means to improve the health services delivered to patients. Despite their widespread use, there is little evidence of their effect. The mechanisms for how ... -
Effects of external inspections on sepsis detection and treatment: a stepped-wedge study With cluster-level randomisation
Husabø, Gunnar; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Solligård, Erik; Flaatten, Hans; Walshe, Kieran; Frich, Jan C; Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Braut, Geir Sverre; Helgeland, Jon; Harthug, Stig; Hovlid, Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective To evaluate the effects of external inspections on (1) hospital emergency departments’ clinical processes for detecting and treating sepsis and (2) length of hospital stay and 30-day mortality. Design Incomplete ... -
Family caregivers’ views on coordination of care in Huntington’s disease: a qualitative study
Røthing, Merete; Malterud, Kirsti; Frich, Jan C (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12)Background: Collaboration between family caregivers and health professionals in specialised hospitals or community-based primary healthcare systems can be challenging. During the course of severe chronic disease, several ... -
Inspecting teams' and organisations' expectations regarding external inspections in health care: a qualitative study
Hovlid, Einar; Teig, Inger Lise; Halvorsen, Kjersti; Frich, Jan C (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background There is a gap in the literature regarding what takes place between the announcement of a regulatory intervention, such as an external inspection of a health care organisation, and the inspecting body’s site ... -
Mediators of change in healthcare organisations subject to external assessment: a systematic review with narrative synthesis
Hovlid, Einar; Braut, Geir Sverre; Hannsidal, Einar; Walshe, Kieran; Bukve, Oddbjørn; Flottorp, Signe Agnes; Stensland, Per Steinar; Frich, Jan C (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objectives: External inspections are widely used to improve the quality of care. The effects of inspections remain unclear and little is known about how they may work. We conducted a narrative synthesis of research literature ... -
Promoting leadership and quality improvement through external inspections of management of sepsis in Norwegian hospitals: a focus group study
Husabø, Gunnar; Teig, Inger Lise; Frich, Jan C; Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Hovlid, Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective Inspections and other forms of external assessment may contribute to positive changes in the health services, but the mechanisms of such change remain unclear. We did a study to explore how external inspections ...