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IASIST opens the call for entries for the ninth edition of the TOP 20 Programme. In addition to assessing global indicators for the participating hospitals, the clinical area will evaluate stroke care this year.
Methodological changes
After two years classifying non-teaching hospitals depending on the management model they use, the growing stature of working regime hospitals over the whole country has meant that we have had to return to the hospital classification criteria used previously.
In addition, the surgical outpatients' indicator which has been used historically will also change (rate of CMA substitution). As we promised during the last edition, surgical outpatients will be assessed by an index which will relate actual outpatient activity with the expected performance of the outpatients unit, in accordance with the characteristics of each individual episode.
Change of operating procedure when sending the questionnaire
In order to improve the whole process of sending and validating the information supplied, the questionnaire will be completed on the internet for this edition. In this way, participating hospitals will have a space online where they should complete the information which is requested.
Would you like to participate in the Top20 Programme?
If your hospital wishes to participate, you must send us the following information before 15th June:
- the signed Participation agreement by fax to 93 3172597. Once we have received the signed Agreement, we will send you an email with a website address and security codes to be able to access your private questionnaire area.
- the hospitalisation MBDS and CMA data for 2007 by email to iasist@iasist.com (Subject: "name of the Hospital" - TOP 20). If you have already sent data to IASIST for other purposes, you do not need to send it again.
If you wish to propose clinical areas for future editions click here.
