Table 3 Recommendations based on the strategies to facilitate implementation

• Publish results regarding the implementation of quality improvement activities tailored to its audience (e.g. patients, professionals caregivers, policy makers and researchers)

• Identify and disseminate unique selling points to implement quality improvement activities

• Develop e-learning tools (e.g. via YouTube)

• Integrate scientific evidence into the core curricula (of practitioner disciplines)

• Stimulate the active participation of important stakeholders to engage and initiate quality improvement activities (e.g. professional (scientific) organisations)

• Reward services that successfully implemented quality improvement activities (e.g. financial incentive)

• Restrict services that provide suboptimal palliative care and do not implement quality improvement activities (e.g. no accreditation)