Table 1 |
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| Main events during the project period | |
| Time | Activity |
| June 2007 | Decision by the board of the local health authority to increase the number of day surgeries |
| September 2007 | Report from work group suggests measures to increase day surgeries in a new day-surgery center |
| Fall 2007 | Decision by top management of the local health authority to work more systematically with quality improvement and develop a common strategy for conducting quality improvement projects |
| Establishment of a small unit to support frontline professionals in running improvement projects | |
| January 2008 | Remodeling of premises for a day-surgery center |
| February 2008 | Project groups redesign the pathway for elective surgery |
| March 3, 2008 | Opening of day-surgery center and implementation of new clinical pathway |
| April 2008 | Implementation of electronic system for scheduling and planning surgery |
| 2008-2010 | Follow-up and adaptation of interventions to sustain improvement |
Hovlid et al. BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:154 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-12-154
