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Table 2 Summary of the performance evaluation process from the three sites

From: ASPIRE for quality: a new evidence-based tool to evaluate clinical service performance

 

Area for evaluation

Goal

Evaluation team

Site 1–metropolitan rehabilitation hospital

Rehabilitation following unilateral below knee and above knee amputation

To examine practice compliance against established clinical guidelines for amputation in order to stimulate improvements in allied health services, which could potentially improve patients’ functional outcomes and decrease their length of stay in rehabilitation

Physiotherapist, occupational therapist and a social worker

Site 2–metropolitan acute tertiary hospital

Depression or mood disturbance following a stroke

To determine the impact of implementing a structured mood tool in identifying patients who are likely to be depressed or are experiencing mood disturbance following a stroke episode. The mood tool complies with the national stroke guidelines recommendation of a structured and psychometrically sound instrument to detect early mood changes (i.e. depression) and therefore facilitate timely referrals to psychological assessment and treatment

3 Social workers

Site 3–regional general hospital

Foot screening in diabetes care

To examine compliance of current practice in foot screening against the national evidence-based guideline for the prevention, identification and management of foot complications in diabetes

2 Podiatrists