What to expect when you're evaluating healthcare improvement: a concordat approach to managing collaboration and uncomfortable realities.
Brewster L, Aveling E-L, Martin G, et al. What to expect when you're evaluating healthcare improvement: a concordat approach to managing collaboration and uncomfortable realities. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015;24(5):318-24. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003732.
Evaluation of an intervention plays an important role in confirming the effectiveness of the work and the evidence it generates. This commentary reviews a process to guide evaluation teams in developing a collective understanding of purposes and scope to assure programs meet their goals. The authors illustrate how this process was used in a large-scale clinical system improvement initiative.