Download National Network for Clinical Procedures

CADTH, Ottawa, October 24th 2012
National Network for
Clinical Procedures
Sari Ormstad, Research Librarian
[email protected]
Clinical procedure
 Defined as:
– A specified way to carry out a medical or healthrelated activity or process (ISO 9000)
– Developed to support health professionals at the point
of care
 Examples:
– Insertion and management of central venous catheter
– Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
– Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment
Clinical procedures in Norway
Objectives: To assess the scope, collaboration,
sharing and quality of clinical procedures work in
the hospital trusts in Norway.
Results:
 29 out of 30 hospital trusts replied
 The number of local clinical procedures is
above 45 000
 Approximately 4700 health professionals in the
hospitals are involved in the development of
clinical procedures
 15 of the 29 hospital trusts assess the quality of
their procedures
 7 of the 29 hospital trusts evaluate the userfriendliness of their procedures
 7 collaborate with other hospital trusts
 Only 2 out of 29 hospital trusts publish their
procedures on the Internet
Survey in 2009
National network for clinical procedures (2009)
Objectives:
1. Co-ordinate the production of clinical procedures
across hospital trusts
2. Support the production of evidence-based, highquality and multidisciplinary procedures
3. Develop common methodology for procedures using
international tools (AGREE)
4. Provide tools, templates, training and
methodological support for health professionals
5. Make procedures publicly available on the net
6. Help hospitals to implement and evaluate the
completed procedures
The
procedure is
registered as
a new
ongoing
project in the
network
The
procedure is
produced
according to
the standards
of the
network
Local
approval and
implementation
The
completed
procedure is
published on
the net
Other
hospital
trusts:
Adaptation,
local approval
and
implementation
Network
Council
Methods
Group
Secretariat
Information
Retrieval
Group
Patient
Information
Group
Publishing
Group
Implementation
Tools
Group
The role of NOKC
 Co-ordinate the production of clinical
procedures
 Provide training and methodological support
 Publish ongoing and completed procedures
 Help hospital trusts with implementation
strategies
Next steps
 Redesign the website
 Include patient information
 Develop templates for procedures
 Further improve the quality of procedures
 Extend the network to primary health care