Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Plessen, Christian von"

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    • A new pathway for elective surgery to reduce cancellation rates 

      Hovlid, Einar; Bukve, Oddbjørn; Haug, Kjell; Aslaksen, Aslak; Plessen, Christian von (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-11)
      Background: The cancellation of planned surgeries causes prolonged wait times, harm to patients, and is a waste of scarce resources. To reduce high cancellation rates in a Norwegian general hospital, the pathway for elective ...

    • Patient experiences with interventions to reduce surgery cancellations: a qualitative study 

      Hovlid, Einar; Plessen, Christian von; Haug, Kjell; Aslaksen, Aslak; Bukve, Oddbjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-08-08)
      Background: The cancellation of planned surgery harms patients, increases waiting times and wastes scarce health resources. Previous studies have evaluated interventions to reduce cancellations from medical and management ...

    • Sustainability of healthcare improvement: what can we learn from learning theory? 

      Hovlid, Einar; Bukve, Oddbjørn; Haug, Kjell; Aslaksen, Aslak; Plessen, Christian von (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-03)
      Background Changes that improve the quality of health care should be sustained. Falling back to old, unsatisfactory ways of working is a waste of resources and can in the worst case increase resistance to later initiatives ...