EVALUATION

Evaluation is an essential part of ensuring high quality care

With any change:

• Set goals and evaluate
• Give, and receive, feedback
• Be willing to accept responsibility
• By looking at all procedure records, hospital can evaluate occurrences:
  - Complications
  • Return to OR
  • Intraoperative deaths
  • Postoperative wound infections
  - Review type, number of procedures being performed
• Evaluation:
  • - Should be performed at regular intervals
  • - Permits assessment regarding implementation of specific changes within the hospital, allows for future planning