Myungsun Yi; Ji Hyeon Oh; Hye Min Hwang; Eun Jin Kwon; Jeong-hee Lee; Eun Young Park

doi:10.4040/jkan.2011.41.4.568

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Hospital Workers' Experience with Hospital Evaluation Program: A Focus Group Study: Myungsun Yi, Ji Hyeon Oh, Hye Min Hwang, Eun Jin Kwon, Jeong-hee Lee, Eun Young Park; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2011;41(4):568-579.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2011.41.4.568
Published online: August 31, 2011

¹Professor, College of Nursing & Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

²Doctoral Student, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

³QA Part Manager, Management Innovation Department, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.

⁴Professor, Department of Nursing Science, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Park, Eun Young. Department of Nursing Science, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, 534-2 Yeonsu 3-dong, Yeonsu-gu, Inchon 406-799, Korea. Tel: +82-32-820-4207, Fax: +82-32-820-4201, parkeunyoung@gachon.ac.kr

• Received: January 12, 2011 • Accepted: August 4, 2011

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Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of the study was to understand and describe the hospital workers' experience related to the hospital evaluation program implemented in Korea between 2004 and 2009.
Methods
During 2010, data were collected using focus group interviews. Four focus group interviews were held with a total of 28 hospital workers participating. All interviews were recorded and transcribed as they were spoken, and data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.
Results
Nine themes emerged from the analysis: 1) Positive change in the necessity of the evaluation; 2) Improvement in the hospital system, facilities, and human resources; 3) Unity through cooperation among departments; 4) Nursing work overload; 5) Lack of physicians' awareness and responsibilities; 6) Unfair and unrealistic evaluation items; 7) Lack of credibility of the outcome; 8) Shifting responsibility for negative outcomes to the workers; 9) Lack of pragmatic utility.
Conclusion
The results of the study demonstrate that the hospital evaluation program played a key role in improving some work environments and communication among departments. At the same time, they show various negative themes resulting from the context of very authoritarian hospital systems and a connection-oriented society in Korea.
Keywords: Qualitative research; Focus groups; Health care evaluation mechanism; Hospital worker

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Table 1

Characteristics of the Focus Group Interviews

QI=Quality improvement.

Table 2

Characteristics of the Participants (N=28)

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