Key result
Quality assessment in surgical care requires a holistic approach combining structure, process, and outcome measures, supported by reliable data and a dedicated monitoring system.
Why the study?
Objective assessment of care in surgical patients is difficult and dependent on factors not precisely related to surgical skills, prompting a discussion of factors and methods of assessment.
Quality assessment in surgical care requires a holistic approach evaluating structure, process, and outcomes, supported by reliable data and standardized tools.
Quality assessment in surgery depends on organizational performance beyond individual skills; leaves open standardized, objective metrics for clinical use.
‘Quality’ is a popular demand in health care. Surgeons as professionals are consistently putting their efforts to meet this demand. The standard and dimensions of ‘quality’ are changing and expectations are rising along with social reforms driven by scientific and economic growth. On the other hand, objective assessment of care in surgical patients is difficult and dependent on factors that are not precisely related to surgical skills. It is rather performance of all in the organization and sum of each and every human and system effort. In this effort we will discuss factors related to surgical care quality and different methods of assessment and their limitations. For quality surgical care, good intent, enabling environment with organized supportive system is required with skilled surgical team and meticulous monitoring system along the care process. J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2020; 38(2): 93-97
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Chowdhury et al. (2020) conducted a review in Surgical care. Quality assessment frameworks was evaluated. Quality assessment in surgical care requires a holistic approach combining structure, process, and outcome measures, supported by reliable data and a dedicated monitoring system.
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