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{"title":"Does healthcare access affect trust in institutions? Empirical evidence in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Olfa Berrich, Moktar Lamari, Faten Lakhal","doi":"10.1108/IJHCQA-08-2024-0080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-08-2024-0080","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The paper investigates the determinants of citizens' trust in institutions, including banks and companies, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.</p><p><strong>Design/methodology/approach: </strong>We used a survey, conducted in 2020, with 36,851 respondents to identify what made some trust and others distrust institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our methodology incorporated ordinary least squares and logit estimations.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Lack of healthcare access had a significant negative impact on people's trust in institutions. Consistent with life experience theory, we found that individuals facing healthcare barriers may distrust firms and banks. Sociodemographic variables, including gender, education and marital status, were likely to shape the effect of healthcare access problems on trust in institutions. Moreover, mental health issues stemming from healthcare access problems adversely affected trust in banks and firms, suggesting that people who had mental health problems during COVID-19 were more likely to lose trust in these institutions. The relationship between healthcare access and trust in banks and firms was more pronounced among men and highly educated people. The results were robust to the instrumental variable approach.</p><p><strong>Practical implications: </strong>We showed that a link between trust in institutions and problems with healthcare access can inspire partnerships between Canadian institutional entities, typically banks and firms, and healthcare organizations. This would help strengthen long-term trust in these institutions.</p><p><strong>Originality/value: </strong>The potential long-term economic consequences of COVID-19 created a crisis in the public's trust in institutions, typically firms and banks. This paper examined the relationship between healthcare access and trust in institutions, addressing the limited evidence on this topic.</p>","PeriodicalId":47455,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144200451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Determinants of life expectancy: evidence from World Bank income groups using a panel dummy interaction approach.","authors":"Sameer Ahmad Sofi, Effat Yasmin","doi":"10.1108/IJHCQA-03-2025-0026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-03-2025-0026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Achieving optimal health outcomes is central to global health policies. This study examines the impact of out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenditures and other determinants on life expectancy across income groups classified by the World Bank.</p><p><strong>Design/methodology/approach: </strong>Using panel data and a fixed-effects model with dummy interactions, the findings reveal that OOP expenditures reduce life expectancy more in low-income economies, underscoring the need to lower financial barriers to healthcare.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is significant for improving life expectancy more in low-income economies, but diminishing returns suggest aligning growth with health policies. Immunization consistently improves life expectancy, highlighting preventive care's importance. Unemployment limits healthcare access, particularly in low-middle-income economies, requiring policies to address economic instability. Alcohol consumption adversely affects life expectancy in high-income economies, highlighting the impact of lifestyle changes and the need for regulatory interventions.</p><p><strong>Practical implications: </strong>By exploring the interplay of health expenditures, socioeconomic factors and lifestyle risks, the study offers insights for equitable global health policies aimed at improving health outcomes across income groups.</p><p><strong>Originality/value: </strong>(1) While previous studies have analysed the impact of various socio-economic factors on life expectancy in developed economies, little is known about the impact of these factors in Low and Middle Income Economies. (2) Moreover, the impact of out-of-pocket health expenditure on life expectancy has not been comprehensively analysed across different income groups. (3) Findings reveal that out-of-pocket expenditures negatively affect life expectancy more in low-income economies than in high-income economies, emphasizing the need for reducing the financial burden to improve healthcare access. (4) Alcohol consumption adversely impacts life expectancy in high-income economies, highlighting the need for regulatory interventions targeting lifestyle-related risks. (5) This study enhances understanding of how health expenditures, socio-economic factors, and lifestyle choices influence life expectancy across income groups, offering insights to guide equitable global health policies.</p>","PeriodicalId":47455,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144111740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Optimizing tracheostomy weaning with PDCA cycles: a four-year multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative in Northeast Brazil.","authors":"Roberta Catunda, Bruna Bianchi Bilo, João Luís Farias, Magno F Formiga","doi":"10.1108/IJHCQA-02-2025-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-02-2025-0012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We aimed to assess the impact of plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycles on tracheostomy weaning in ICU patients from 2019 through 2023.</p><p><strong>Design/methodology/approach: </strong>A retrospective study was conducted at a private hospital, analyzing recorded data from two PDCA cycles that were implemented to reduce mean tracheostomy weaning times between 2019 and 2023. We further classified distinct timeframes for a separate analysis, including the baseline (April 2019-August 2020), the period post-PDCA cycle I (January 2021-April 2022) and the period post-PDCA cycle II (August 2022-December 2023).</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>A total of 70 individuals completed the protocol (mean age ± SD, 60.51 ± 17.19 years; 31.4% female). One-way ANOVA revealed mean differences in weaning time compared to 2019 were significant: 2020-3.86 days (<i>p</i> = 0.02), 2021-6.56 days (<i>p</i> = 0.00), 2022-7.80 days (<i>p</i> = 0.00) and 2023-8.74 days (<i>p</i> = 0.00). Subgroup analysis also revealed significant differences in weaning time among baseline, post-first PDCA cycle and post-second PDCA cycle (<i>F</i> (2) = 20.15, <i>p</i> = 0.00, η2 = 0.51).</p><p><strong>Originality/value: </strong>This management model underscores the benefits of consistently improving the quality management of physiotherapy, delivering value-based healthcare through the collaboration of a multidisciplinary team.</p>","PeriodicalId":47455,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patient queue analysis as a component of Lean Six Sigma improvement in healthcare processes: a case study from a chemotherapy day unit.","authors":"Rowan Abuyadek, Abdalla Shehata, Wafaa Guirguis","doi":"10.1108/IJHCQA-11-2024-0102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-11-2024-0102","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Oncology patients are a vulnerable group that faces multiple challenges, aggravated by long waiting times and service queues. This article aims to use Lean Six Sigma (LSS) to improve the chemotherapy preparation process and prospectively study the patient files' queue dynamics to prioritise process improvement remedies against adding resources strategy.</p><p><strong>Design/methodology/approach: </strong>Six Sigma methodology has been employed together with Lean tools and queue dynamics in a case study research in a chemotherapy day unit to define, measure, analyse, improve and control the problematic process. The study population involved all internal customers and a sample of external customers (<i>n</i> = 450). The study processes were measured by 25 data points.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The most frequent problem was the \"Long waiting time from oncologist assessment till receiving chemotherapy\". Mean value-added time for chemotherapy preparation was 42 min, the defect was any patient's waiting time exceeding it. The average pre-intervention waiting time was 65.5 ± 27.20 min. The defect baseline sigma level was 0.78 sigma. Remedies involved assigning two pharmacists, arranging the pharmacy setting to satisfy chemotherapy preparation steps, adjusting the number of patients/hours, standardising patients' files interarrival time, delivering files to the pharmacy by piece, not by batch, and fixing the printers and landlines. Post-intervention mean patient waiting time was reduced significantly to 58.7 ± 23.44 min (<i>p</i>-value = 0.05), and the defect sigma level was raised to 0.91 sigma.</p><p><strong>Research limitations/implications: </strong>This study draws attention to prioritising process improvement remedies in complex care settings with long queues.</p><p><strong>Social implications: </strong>This study enhances service delivery and customer satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Originality/value: </strong>This study serves as one of the few publications to study patient queue behaviour as a part of LSS improvements in healthcare projects.</p>","PeriodicalId":47455,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144041750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health professionals' experiences with participating in quality improvement in elderly care.","authors":"Lisabet Wieslander, Marie Haggström, Ingela Bäckström","doi":"10.1108/IJHCQA-11-2024-0103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-11-2024-0103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Employee participation in quality improvement is essential for fostering engagement and job satisfaction and delivering high-quality care, as highlighted in the total quality management literature. However, how employee participation is facilitated during quality improvement processes within healthcare organizations remains largely unexplored. Previous studies have identified a research gap, highlighting the importance of examining this phenomenon from the perspective of health professionals. The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of how health professionals in nursing homes experience their participation in quality improvement. The underlying aim was to describe their involvement and how it can be strengthened, ultimately improving the quality of care.</p><p><strong>Design/methodology/approach: </strong>This study is based on interviews with 17 health professionals from 2 nursing homes in a medium-sized Swedish municipality. Data were analysed with Reflexive Thematic Analysis.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The themes identified through the analysis are \"experiences of barriers at the organizational level that limit participation in quality improvement\" and \"experiences of barriers in daily care that limit participation in quality improvement\".</p><p><strong>Originality/value: </strong>The themes address barriers to participation in quality improvement, reflecting an organizational structure that hinders participation and quality improvement. A quality culture, along with structured approaches to improve quality and foster employee participation is lacking. Implementing total quality management could help address the challenges faced by health professionals in these settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":47455,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144024511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quality of patient-physician intercultural communication in healthcare tourism and medical interview experiences at an Indian hospital.","authors":"Payal Mehra, Himanshu Tyagi","doi":"10.1108/IJHCQA-06-2024-0061","DOIUrl":"10.1108/IJHCQA-06-2024-0061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>While many studies have addressed health communication and physician-patient interactions, knowledge about intercultural communication in medical tourism is limited. Our empirical study, therefore, investigates aspects related to patients' cultural beliefs regarding the quality of healthcare and the way this shapes their expectations and experiences in an intercultural medical interview setting at a Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited host country hospital in India. The theoretical foundation is the Communication Accommodation Theory.</p><p><strong>Design/methodology/approach: </strong>A quantitative design was used in this study using the convenience sampling method. Data were collected from 300 medical tourism (MT) patients immediately after their face-to-face medical interview at the hospital.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The non-Western cultures displayed higher intercultural communication (ICC) expectations from the host country doctors than the Western patients, possibly on account of cultural similarity with and proximity to the host country. ICC beliefs of MT patients supported by convergent communication accommodation by the doctors led to the perception of better ICC experience in clinical consultations with the potential to improve word-of-mouth promotion, patient satisfaction and revisit intentions; patients' expectations mediated the relationship. Consultation time in minutes controlled the relationship between patient ICC beliefs, expectations and experience in the medical consultations. The proposed model was undifferentiated for age, gender and geography of the MT patient as well as wait time (in minutes).</p><p><strong>Originality/value: </strong>While culture has been recognised as a significant factor in shaping the growth in medical tourism, research is scant on cultural and religious communication accommodation practices of host country doctors and medical staff and its effects on patient experience. Most studies on culture and MT have either evaluated the role of culture on the destination choice of international patients (cultural affinity or cultural familiarity) or have analysed the effect of distance between the host and the guest country as critical determinants of the choice of MT country. This study is probably the first to assess the quality of ICC beliefs, expectations and effects on MT patients' experiences. It is also the pioneering study to relate the context of MT with the well-regarded Communication Accommodation Theory, especially the manner in which convergent and divergent accommodation occurred between MT patients and MT service providers in the host country.</p>","PeriodicalId":47455,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE","volume":" ","pages":"53-78"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143711520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Access barriers for severe mental disorders in Colombia.","authors":"Juan Camilo Rodriguez Fandino","doi":"10.1108/IJHCQA-08-2024-0077","DOIUrl":"10.1108/IJHCQA-08-2024-0077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aims to identify the barriers to accessing mental health services in Colombia, analyze the causes that generate them and how they perpetuate over time and critically call for the strengthening of the provision and guarantee of access to these services in the country.</p><p><strong>Design/methodology/approach: </strong>A systematic review was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses methodology. The databases Science Direct, Proquest and Google Scholar were consulted, and the following search terms were used: Accessibility to health services, health disparities, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and Colombia. A total of 35 articles meeting the inclusion criteria were analyzed, which allowed the classification of access barriers into five categories: governmental, personal, familial, social and institutional, all of which directly or indirectly affect access to mental health services.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Colombia regularly faces various social issues; thus, progress in the field of mental health in terms of treatment, research and prevention is imperative. For such a change to be possible, contributions from legislation and health authorities are required, taking into account the individuality of the patient, their context and their limitations.</p><p><strong>Originality/value: </strong>This study offers a critical view of the barriers that hinder access to mental health services in Colombia, highlighting the need to strengthen the provision and guarantee access to these services.</p>","PeriodicalId":47455,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE","volume":" ","pages":"79-93"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143721810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Public health insurance for the elderly: an insight from bibliometric analysis.","authors":"Gaurav Agrawal, Amit Kumar","doi":"10.1108/IJHCQA-03-2023-0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-03-2023-0019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The study examines worldwide public health insurance and ageing studies. This was accomplished by doing a thorough bibliometric analysis of publications published between 2002 and 2022 (till 31st May), which includes 479 articles for the analysis.</p><p><strong>Design/methodology/approach: </strong>This study used the Web of Science database to analyse the vast quantity of data from the journals referenced above. VOSviewer creates network maps, keyword concurrences and cross-country co-authorship. The research analyses parameters like article distribution by year and citation frequency to determine top publications. After that, co-authorship, country co-authorship and keyword co-occurrence bibliometric network maps are shown.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The finding of the study reveals that the year 2020 is the most productive year for publication; BMJ Open is referred to as the most productive journal in this area, and \"Depression in the Elderly\" is the most referenced paper. The US has published the highest number of articles. We've seen 21 authors work with \"Akishita and Ishizaki\". The USA is the most collaborative author with other countries and conducted a keywords-based cluster analysis in which \"Public health insurance, older adults and long-term care\" are the most frequent keywords in this domain.</p><p><strong>Originality/value: </strong>This article aligns with the current literature on elderly public health insurance. The authors utilize bibliometric analysis to provide a more comprehensive and robust understanding of this area. Those interested in conducting further research in this field can use the findings of this study as a guide.</p>","PeriodicalId":47455,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE","volume":"38 2","pages":"94-111"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144024513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The response of the benchmark healthcare index of India to COVID-19 pandemic: a return volatility approach.","authors":"Peeyush Bangur","doi":"10.1108/IJHCQA-01-2023-0005","DOIUrl":"10.1108/IJHCQA-01-2023-0005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>From poor healthcare infrastructure to vaccine donors, India has traveled a long way. In this study, the author tried to find the investment certainty and persistence of volatility in the Indian healthcare system due to COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Design/methodology/approach: </strong>Using the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH 1,1) model, this study quantifies the change in the conditional variance after the first case report of COVID-19. The author has used the S&P BSE HEALTHCARE index time series to analyze India's healthcare infrastructure and practices.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The author found evidence of a decrease in investment certainty in investments related to India's healthcare infrastructure and practices after the first case report of COVID-19. Furthermore, the estimation of the econometric model suggests the presence of a large degree of volatility persistence in the S&P BSE HEALTHCARE index.</p><p><strong>Originality/value: </strong>This research would be the first of its kind where the return volatility of the Indian healthcare sector has been discussed. Also, this research quantifies the return volatility of the healthcare sector during the pre- and post-COVID-19 period.</p>","PeriodicalId":47455,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE","volume":" ","pages":"39-50"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142865830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of family members' communication mode choice on the family's perceptions of care.","authors":"Adi Gerblich, Eran Rubin, Kathleen Kennedy","doi":"10.1108/IJHCQA-06-2023-0040","DOIUrl":"10.1108/IJHCQA-06-2023-0040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Family-centered rounds (FCR) are a multidisciplinary process in which patients and/or family members are present and actively participate in medical rounds. While research has shown that FCR may enhance collaborative information exchange and reduce family anxiety, the impact of the information exchange modality on the experience has been largely unexplored. Medical rounds are typically assumed to be carried out in person at the bedside. In this research, we challenge this perception. We ask whether FCR communication is best conducted at the bedside or if similar communication outcomes are obtained when family members choose the communication mode according to their preferences.</p><p><strong>Design/methodology/approach: </strong>Using a field experiment in which participants choose the communication mode, we empirically analyze perceptions of the resulting communication in terms of information exchange. Three communication modes are available for participants to choose from (i.e. patients' families): face-to-face (FtF), phone and video conferencing. A questionnaire is distributed, and the responses of the patients' family members are analyzed. ANOVA tests are carried out to analyze the effect of communication mode on family perceptions.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Perceptions following video conferencing or FtF interaction were significantly higher than perceptions following the use of a phone. Thus, our results show clear superiority of video and FtF communication modes as facilitators of effective communication perceptions. There is also marginal evidence that FtF communication is perceived as superior than video conferencing in supporting the receipt of information and understanding but not in the ability to convey information and input to the care team. These results suggest that allowing family members to choose their communication preferences does not always support effective communication. A case can be made for motivating patient family members to use face-to-face or video communication rather than phone if possible.</p><p><strong>Originality/value: </strong>The possible ramifications of allowing family members to choose communication mode with the care team have been largely unexplored. Medical rounds are typically assumed to be carried out in person at the bedside. In this research, we challenge this perception. We ask whether communication is best conducted at the bedside or whether similar communication outcomes are obtained when family members choose the communication mode according to their preferences.</p>","PeriodicalId":47455,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE","volume":" ","pages":"28-38"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142781467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}