Dr Oliver Groene MA MSc PhD

Lecturer in Health Services Research

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Oliver Groene is a health services researcher with +10 years of experience in assessing and improving the quality of care and patient safety in hospital settings. He has a background in medical sociology and organizational sciences with a Master degree from the University of Bielefeld in his native country Germany. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Health Services Research and a PhD in Public Health from the University of Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. He has been trained in quality management at the University of Bielefeld, the Joint Commission International and Harvard School of Public Health.

Affiliation

• Department of Health Services Research and Policy
• Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Teaching

I am currently organising the Proposal Development module (jointly with Professor Jan van der Meulen) and I am seminar leader in the Health Services module (led by Professor Nick Black). I am also seminar leader for the research methods courses run by the Clinical Effectiveness Unit, Royal College of Surgeons.

Research

I am working on projects to assess and improve hospital performance, to evaluate the effectiveness of quality improvement efforts in hospitals and to assess and implement strategies to improve patient-centred care. I am also interested in the policy issues around planning and providing cross-border health care in Europe.

My work at the Royal College of Surgeons' Clinical Effectiveness Unit focuses on the implementation and analysis of national audits on the quality of care, in particular regarding oesophago-gastric cancer. This work involves organizational audits to assess structures of cancer networks and trusts, prospective data collection on processes and outcomes of care, and data base linkage of audit data with routinely collected data. 

I am also co-lead investigator of a EU DG research funded project to assess the impact of quality improvement systems in European hospitals on patient level outcomes (www.duque.eu). 

• Selected publications

• Development and validation of the WHO self-assessment tool for health promotion in hospitals: results of a study in 38 hospitals in eight countries.

  Groene, O. ; Alonso, J. ; Klazinga, N. ;

  Health Promot Int, 2010; 25(2):221-9

• Investigating organizational quality improvement systems, patient empowerment, organizational culture, professional involvement and the quality of care in European hospitals: the 'Deepening our Understanding of Quality Improvement in Europe (DUQuE)' project.

  Groene, O. ; Klazinga, N. ; Wagner, C. ; Arah, O.A. ; Thompson, A. ; Bruneau, C. ; Suñol, R. ; Deepening our Understanding of Quality Improvement in Europe Research Project, . ;

  BMC Health Serv Res, 2010; 10:281

• Accreditation and ISO certification: do they explain differences in quality management in European hospitals?

  Shaw, C. ; Groene, O. ; Mora, N. ; Sunol, R. ;

  Int J Qual Health Care, 2010; 22(6):445-51

• Results of a sector-wide quality improvement initiative for substance-abuse care: an uncontrolled before-after study in Catalonia, Spain.

  Hilarion, P. ; Groene, O. ; Colom, J. ; Lopez, R.M. ; Suñol, R. ;

  Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy, 2010; 5:26

• Factors associated with the implementation of quality and safety requirements for cross-border care in acute myocardial infarction: Results from 315 hospitals in four countries.

  Groene, O. ; Suñol, R. ;

  Health Policy, 2010; 98(2-3):107-13

• Is patient-centredness in European hospitals related to existing quality improvement strategies? Analysis of a cross-sectional survey (MARQuIS study).

  Groene, O. ; Lombarts, M.J. ; Klazinga, N. ; Alonso, J. ; Thompson, A. ; Suñol, R. ;

  Qual Saf Health Care, 2009; 18 Suppl 1:i44-50

• Learning from MARQuIS: future direction of quality and safety in hospital care in the European Union.

  Groene, O. ; Klazinga, N. ; Walshe, K. ; Cucic, C. ; Shaw, C.D. ; Suñol, R. ;

  Qual Saf Health Care, 2009; 18 Suppl 1:i69-74

• An international review of projects on hospital performance assessment.

  Groene, O. ; Skau, J.K. ; Frølich, A. ;

  Int J Qual Health Care, 2008; 20(3):162-71

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