Does a service provide safe, effective rehabilitation? An evaluation method for providers and purchasers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Independent organisations monitor the safety and governance of clinical services but do not assess specialist expertise. Peer review can assess service capability but is resource-intense and infeasible.

The problem

How can you ensure a service provides safe, effective rehabilitation? You ask them to provide data as evidence that they can be trusted to do so. This article suggests a structured approach to providing data on entrustability.

An analogy

How is the specialist skill of a doctor in training established? They provide evidence about high-level outcomes (capabilities in practice) related to their speciality. An educational supervisor assesses whether they can be trusted to perform safely and effectively without supervision. The capabilities in practic

SUBMITTER: Wade DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11476344 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature