CRAB
CRAB sections
Scheduled Reporting...
- for the Board
- for Consultants
Other systems can only set off multiple alerts based on statistical assumptions. Often these may turn out to be false but require resource-intensive investigation. From time to time, clinicians have been suspended for protracted periods while these investigations take place – at significant reputational and organisational cost – which is not always justified.
In comparison, CRAB’s unique mathematical model only highlights cases where genuine clinical or process problems have emerged and the software provides the facility to investigate issues electronically in a matter of moments.
From this, CRAB can produce standard clinical governance assurance reports quarterly for the Board. These reports provide early warnings of potential clinical or process problems. The module also includes the facility to drill-down to raw case-level data to investigate the true nature of any problem.
Boards and clinical directors can therefore intervene quickly and decisively at an early stage before a problem has escalated. This prevents large-scale headline stories, enables supportive professional development to retrain individuals who may have made mistakes, and ultimately reduces litigation.
Alongside any potential areas of concern, these standard reports can also highlight the best performers, enabling Boards to set a culture which balances safety with quality improvement and engages clinical staff in a uniquely positive way.
Clinicians are facing calls from a number of directions to demonstrate the quality of the care they deliver, not just as part of the organisation they work in, but as individual practitioners.
Specific CRAB tools are available for individual clinicians in compiling their own practice audit portfolios for Appraisal & Revalidation. However, organisations which already have CRAB in place can support their consultants by generating such reports automatically in-house. Multiple benefits can derive from this, not just for individual consultant practice, but also to:
- standardise the appraisal process across the service line management structure, with objective clinical metrics.
- introduce a fair and expedited process for considering clinical excellence award applications.
