Table 3.
Facilitators and barriers to establishing/implementing QS teams, N (%)
| West (N=91) |
East (N=58) |
Ontario (N=100) |
P* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facilitators | ||||
| Management/supervisor leadership | 66 (72.5) | 47 (81.0) | 87 (87.0) | 0.042 |
| Board/senior leadership support | 70 (76.9) | 30 (51.7) | 79 (79.0) | 0.001 |
| Multidisciplinary team membership | 68 (74.7) | 33 (56.9) | 64 (64.0) | 0.067 |
| Clinician buy in | 53 (58.2) | 22 (37.9) | 52 (52.0) | 0.052 |
| Data availability and IT | 40 (44.0) | 17 (29.3) | 52 (52.0) | 0.022 |
| Time availability to meet with the team | 36 (39.6) | 27 (46.6) | 30 (30.0) | 0.100 |
| Financial resources to support work | 31 (34.1) | 12 (20.7) | 22 (22.0) | 0.093 |
| Barriers | ||||
| Human resources to support work | 50 (54.9) | 34 (58.6) | 40 (40.0) | 0.037 |
| Clinician buy in | 39 (42.9) | 14 (24.1) | 29 (29.0) | 0.034 |
| Culture of organization | 35 (38.5) | 14 (24.1) | 22 (22.0) | 0.030 |
| Empowerment of clinicians/staff to implement initiatives | 31 (34.1) | 13 (22.4) | 20 (20.0) | 0.068 |
| Clear and defined objectives for initiative | 18 (19.8) | 17 (29.3) | 14 (14.0) | 0.066 |
| Communication between team members | 11 (12.1) | 13 (22.4) | 10 (10.0) | 0.078 |
| Board/senior leadership support | 12 (13.2) | 12 (20.7) | 8 (8.0) | 0.071 |
Notes:
*
p-Value comparing differences in proportions between regions. A significance level of 0.01 was used to adjust for post hoc multiple comparisons.
Abbreviations: QS, quality and safety; IT, information technology.