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The Excellence in Practice Accreditation Scheme (EPAS) offers objective data to measure clinical excellence in health and social care settings. This quality improvement tool benchmarks organizations against core standards for accreditation.

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Quality Improvement
  • Organizational Accreditation

Background:

  • Ensuring continuous quality evidence-based practice is crucial in health and social care.
  • Clinical governance frameworks necessitate robust methods for assessing practice standards.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and describe the Excellence in Practice Accreditation Scheme (EPAS).
  • To detail how EPAS provides objective data for measuring clinical excellence in healthcare settings.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the Excellence in Practice Accreditation Scheme (EPAS) by the University of Teesside School of Health and Social Care.
  • EPAS utilizes a comprehensive set of measurable core standards derived from professional peer review.
  • Standards include organizational working, collaboration, user-focused care, quality improvement, performance management, and efficiency.

Main Results:

  • EPAS provides objective data to measure the standard of practice in health and social care settings.
  • The scheme facilitates accreditation based on measurable core standards, differentiating it from other accreditation models.
  • EPAS consolidates various organizational standards to identify core themes of best practice.

Conclusions:

  • The Excellence in Practice Accreditation Scheme (EPAS) offers a unique approach to benchmarking and accrediting excellence in health and social care.
  • EPAS enables individuals, teams, and organizations to be accredited for their level of clinical excellence.
  • This scheme supports continuous quality improvement within a clinical governance context.