HQSC - Perioperative Harm Evaluation

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The purpose of this evaluation is to review the effectiveness/success of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's Perioperative Harm Programme against its aims, taking into consideration the Programme’s value-for-money, benefits realisation and strategic fit. The findings of this evaluation will be used to inform future planning and direction of quality improvement programmes that will be undertaken by the Commission.

Over the next two years the Commission will be building on the successful proof of concept project by:
• rolling out a package of teamwork and communication quality improvement interventions with DHBs in a staged cohort approach
• establishing a new QSM measuring surgical teams’ engagement with the teamwork and communication tools, which will most likely be collected through local observational audit.

The three main interventions are:
 the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist (modified to be a poster on the theatre wall)
 A briefing among the surgical team at the start of each day’s list of procedures
 A debriefing at the end of the day.

A summary of the evidence base for the teamwork and communication interventions forms part of the documentation for this tender.

The main evaluation deliverable is a report suitable for presentation to the national Expert Advisory Group, which addresses all research questions. The report should also highlight any lessons learned which could be applied to other quality improvement programmes.