From: ASPIRE for quality: a new evidence-based tool to evaluate clinical service performance
 | Area for evaluation | Goal | Evaluation team |
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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 |