Background: It is a well-known fact that the information obtained from a survey can be used in a healthcare organizational analysis; however, it is very difficult to compare the different results found in the literature to each other, even through the use of metanalysis, as the methodology is often not consistent. Methods: Data from a survey analyzing the organizational and managerial responses adopted in pathology-specific clinical pathways (CPs) during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic were used for constructing a decisional matrix, a tool called SPRIS system, consisting of four different sheets. The first sheet reports the results of the survey and, using a streetlight color system, identifies strengths and weaknesses; the second one, by assigning a priority score, establishes the priority of intervention on each of the strengths and weaknesses identified; the third sheet reports the subjective items of the questionnaire in order to identify threats and opportunities and their probability of happening; in the last sheet, a SWOT Analysis is used to calculate the performance index of the whole organization. Results: The SPRIS system, applied to data concerning the adaptation of four CPs to the COVID-19 pandemic, showed that, whereas all the CPs had a good performance index, some concerns remained unsolved and need be addressed. Conclusions: The SPRIS system showed to be an easily constructed tool that is able to give an overview of the organization analyzed by the survey and to produce an index that can be used in a direct quality comparison between different services or organizations.

From Survey Results to a Decision-Making Matrix for Strategic Planning in Healthcare: The Case of Clinical Pathways / Bianco, Lavinia; Raffa, Salvatore; Fornelli, Paolo; Mancini, Rita; Gabriele, Angela; Medici, Francesco; Battista, Claudia; Greco, Stefania; Croce, Giuseppe; Germani, Aldo; Petrucci, Simona; Anibaldi, Paolo; Bianco, Valerio; Ronchetti, Mario; Banchieri, Giorgio; Napoli, Christian; Piane, Maria. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. - ISSN 1660-4601. - 19:13(2022), p. 7806. [10.3390/ijerph19137806]

From Survey Results to a Decision-Making Matrix for Strategic Planning in Healthcare: The Case of Clinical Pathways

Lavinia Bianco;SALVATORE RAFFA;Paolo Fornelli;Rita Mancini;Aldo Germani;Simona Petrucci;Paolo Anibaldi;Mario Ronchetti;Giorgio Banchieri;christian napoli;Maria PIANE
2022

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Background: It is a well-known fact that the information obtained from a survey can be used in a healthcare organizational analysis; however, it is very difficult to compare the different results found in the literature to each other, even through the use of metanalysis, as the methodology is often not consistent. Methods: Data from a survey analyzing the organizational and managerial responses adopted in pathology-specific clinical pathways (CPs) during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic were used for constructing a decisional matrix, a tool called SPRIS system, consisting of four different sheets. The first sheet reports the results of the survey and, using a streetlight color system, identifies strengths and weaknesses; the second one, by assigning a priority score, establishes the priority of intervention on each of the strengths and weaknesses identified; the third sheet reports the subjective items of the questionnaire in order to identify threats and opportunities and their probability of happening; in the last sheet, a SWOT Analysis is used to calculate the performance index of the whole organization. Results: The SPRIS system, applied to data concerning the adaptation of four CPs to the COVID-19 pandemic, showed that, whereas all the CPs had a good performance index, some concerns remained unsolved and need be addressed. Conclusions: The SPRIS system showed to be an easily constructed tool that is able to give an overview of the organization analyzed by the survey and to produce an index that can be used in a direct quality comparison between different services or organizations.
2022
clinical pathways; comparison tool; strategic planning; COVID-19; healthcare system
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From Survey Results to a Decision-Making Matrix for Strategic Planning in Healthcare: The Case of Clinical Pathways / Bianco, Lavinia; Raffa, Salvatore; Fornelli, Paolo; Mancini, Rita; Gabriele, Angela; Medici, Francesco; Battista, Claudia; Greco, Stefania; Croce, Giuseppe; Germani, Aldo; Petrucci, Simona; Anibaldi, Paolo; Bianco, Valerio; Ronchetti, Mario; Banchieri, Giorgio; Napoli, Christian; Piane, Maria. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. - ISSN 1660-4601. - 19:13(2022), p. 7806. [10.3390/ijerph19137806]
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