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Can we do better? Bridging the research to practice gap in patient blood management-optimizing ‘audit & feedback’ and the challenges of undertaking a national cluster-randomized controlled trial

Stanworth, SJ; Lorencatto, F; Gould, N; Grant-Casey, J; Deary, A; Hartley, S; McIntyre, S; ... Francis, J; + view all (2019) Can we do better? Bridging the research to practice gap in patient blood management-optimizing ‘audit & feedback’ and the challenges of undertaking a national cluster-randomized controlled trial. ISBT Science Series , 14 (1) pp. 129-135. 10.1111/voxs.12447. Green open access

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Abstract

Audit and Feedback (A&F) is a frequently used quality improvement strategy, which aims to improve patient care and outcomes. The impact of A&F has been subjected to research scrutiny; systematic reviews document only modest and variable effects, despite the likely high costs of A&F programmes, such as those undertaken nationally. To understand and enhance A&F, a programme of research termed AFFINITIE ‘Development & Evaluation of Audit and Feedback INterventions to Increase evidence‐based Transfusion practice'; http://www.ccf.nihr.ac.uk/ PGfAR/about/Pages/Abstract.aspx?ID=12588) has been completed. AFFINITIE adopted a multidisciplinary approach that applied behavioural theory and evidence to optimize the design and delivery of feedback on transfusion practice. These interventions were then tested by embedding them in the context of transfusion national audits in two national randomized cluster trials. The audit topics were preoperative surgery management and use of blood in patients with haematological malignancies. Emerging findings included the scope to improve the design of feedback reports by the inclusion of additional behaviour change techniques and increasing the specificity and relevance of feedback (i.e. clarity around who the feedback is targeted at, providing feedback only on behaviours relevant to audit standards, selecting fewer, more concrete, and relevant standards). Other findings recognized the importance of robust data collection based on agreed and clearly stated standards. Also, given wide variation in how hospitals received, shared and responded to feedback, a consequent need was identified to better support hospitals to plan their response to feedback, including disseminating the reports to all relevant stakeholders with agreement on selecting local goals and plans.

Type: Article
Title: Can we do better? Bridging the research to practice gap in patient blood management-optimizing ‘audit & feedback’ and the challenges of undertaking a national cluster-randomized controlled trial
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/voxs.12447
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/voxs.12447
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: audit and feedback, clinical trial, patient blood management, transfusion medicine
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10078115
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