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Table 2 Selection criteria for EwQI projects

From: Developing the protocol for the evaluation of the health foundation's 'engaging with quality initiative' – an emergent approach

• clarity of aims and objectives

• scope for achieving significant improvements in clinical quality in the proposed area of care

• attention to patients' definitions and experience of quality of careg

• arrangements to secure clinical buy-in and national coverage

• quality of the technical aspects of the project including sampling, standards of data definition and verification, arrangements for clinical interpretation of findings and clinical feedback in reports, access to methodological and analytical expertise

• proposed arrangements for ownership and disclosure of data and results

• strength of proposed strategies for quality improvement interventions and their evaluation

• strength of proposed evaluation plan for quality improvement interventions (all applications) and measurement and reporting system (full cycle projects only)

• plans for communicating findings to the wider healthcare community and the public

• robustness of proposals to secure sustainability and spread

• capacity of the applicants to deliver completed projects within budget.