Table 2.

Example interview questions.

Which [MINAP/PICANet] data do you think are important for making assessments of care quality and informing quality improvement initiatives?

Probes: How do these measures help you to make an assessment of care quality? What are you comparing against (national average, reference standard)? Probe for differences in the perception of value/actionability of process versus outcomes data

How are the [MINAP/PICANet] data used?

Probes: Who accesses the data? In what format are the data accessed? What is focused on and why? Is there a process by which audit data are regularly reviewed? Do you have processes for disseminating the information to others?

Have the [MINAP/PICANet] data been used to make any changes in practice/inform quality improvement initiatives? (Explore through examples if possible)Probes: How are decisions made on what changes need to be made/who was involved? Why were the changes instigated? How were the changes introduced? Were they made in a timely manner? Do you think the changes were successful?

Are there any obstacles/challenges to using [MINAP/PICANet] data?

Probes: How data are accessed? How data are presented? Are senior management/staff supportive and engaged in the use of audit data? If data quality, what gets in the way of data quality? If lack of timely data, how would more timely data improve things?

Do you think a quality dashboard for exploring [MINAP/PICANet] data would be useful?

Probes: If not, why not? What data will it need to present to be useful? How should data be presented? What features will the dashboard need to have to be useful?