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Your department wants to change a care process, but is unsure whether the evidence is sufficient.

The next department meeting will decide whether to pilot a discharge handover or preoperative assessment.

How does this scope address your concerns?

You do not want to copy another hospital’s approach without knowing whether it fits your setting.

When this scope fits

One defined process question, with clinical and methodological leads available to agree the scope.

When the scope needs adjusting

Immediate treatment changes, hospital-wide system implementation or guaranteed reductions in length of stay or costs.

REAL SOURCES · ILLUSTRATIVE REQUEST · DOWNLOADABLE SAMPLE

One discharge-transition question, with evidence and local gaps

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Evidence-to-pilot gap matrix

01Study population

Match age, procedures and support definitions

02Local pathway

Confirm owners, referrals and data permissions

03Evaluation measures

Define reach, fidelity and safety; invent no benefit

Illustrative local implementation checks. WHO continuity guidance supplies a framework; no local improvement is claimed.

Check	Finding / sample content	Use
Pathway question	Referral capacity after screening is unknown	Confirm resources and owner before the meeting
Applicability	General guidance is not local implementation evidence	Flag population and pathway differences
Pilot evaluation	No local effect figures exist	Agree measures and stopping criteria

SOURCES USED IN THIS EXAMPLE

WHO · Continuity and coordination of care

Prepared 5 Oct 2026 · Selected references, not an exhaustive systematic search

Scope & acceptance

Work covered by the quote

Illustrative scope: 1 department, 1 process question, up to 1,000 references and 30 full texts, 2 discussions and 1 methodological review.

Pilot reference: CNY 30,000–80,000/topic. Fictional CNY 30,000 budget: 9,000 at start, 12,000 for evidence and draft, and 9,000 at acceptance. Implementation, recruitment and data collection are excluded.

Acceptance criteria

The question, sources, applicability and local-data gaps are explicit, so the department can decide whether to proceed with further evaluation.

Checking the evidence

Volumes come from the current proposed pilot scope. The budget and scenario are illustrative, not a completed client project or real transaction. A formal quote follows confirmation of scope, data permissions and personnel.
Inputs to confirm: local pathway name, version and date; guideline and study versions; authorized anonymous aggregate materials.

Workflow and inputs

From inputs to delivery

Explore the workflow and deliverable structure. This preview does not run searches, read real records or produce medical findings.

01 / WORKFLOW PREVIEW

Define the task

Describe one department, one process question and current practice without patient identifiers.

Methods, sources and professional responsibilities

THE BASIS FOR THIS SCOPE

Why this approach? Inspect the basis.

Institutional decisions require effect evidence, resources, implementation conditions and local applicability.

OFFICIAL GUIDANCE

WHO Guidelines

World Health Organization

Inspect public-health and clinical guidance

Find WHO guidelines and review the recommendation questions, evidence base and intended settings.

Scope & access conditions

Global guidance is not evidence of local implementation outcomes. Check population, resources, policy and timing.

Open official source

PUBLIC DATABASE

Cochrane

Read systematic reviews and plain-language summaries

Explore a question’s research synthesis and the confidence researchers have in the findings.

Scope & access conditions

Plain-language summaries are public; full-review access varies. Applicability still depends on the population and question.

Open official source

METHOD REFERENCE

GRADE · Cochrane Handbook

Cochrane · Chapter 14

Show effect size and confidence separately

Present important outcomes, relative and absolute effects, available data and certainty, with reasons for downgrading.

Scope & access conditions

GRADE evaluates a body of evidence for a particular outcome. Database inclusion or one study does not automatically establish high certainty.

Open official source

These references support problem definition and evidence appraisal. Your conclusions still require project-specific sources and professional review.

The value of this commissionEOS scopes one local pathway decision into reviewable evidence, local gaps and a measurement plan.

Department pathway and quality pilotCompare alternatives and value

Should a new pathway be piloted? Check relevant patients and local conditions first.

What to assess	ECRI	Evidence OS · Commissioned scope
Service focus	ECRI specialises in independent assessment of interventions and care processes.	EOS scopes one local pathway decision into reviewable evidence, local gaps and a measurement plan.
When to choose	Consider ECRI for an established assessment library, purchasing support or device testing.	Example: one department and question, up to 30 full texts, two discussions and one methods review.

What the fee pays for: Planning reference: CNY 30,000–80,000 per topic; scope and review determine fees, with implementation separate.
Value beyond this task: Retain the source register, applicability table and indicator plan as the baseline for expansion.
How to assess value: Record baseline preparation hours, repeated checks and unresolved questions; compare them after delivery.

Verify reviewers, search cutoff and local-data work; a review is not an observed clinical improvement.

CHECK THE OFFICIAL SERVICE SCOPEECRI · Clinical Evidence Assessment

Reuse and updates after delivery

A maintainable process-to-source index gives new leads or other departments a basis for checking applicability before reusing material.

Agree reuse rights, retention and export periods, and future update fees when scoping.

Questions before commissioning

What if we have no local study data?

Local gaps and proposed pilot measures are stated explicitly. External findings are not presented as improvements already achieved at your hospital.

Can we immediately roll this out hospital-wide?

This topic covers the agreed department and question only. Additional departments, system interfaces or economic evaluation require a separate scope.

Can I buy this online now?

Email us your scoping request at no charge. We’ll reply as soon as possible to confirm scope and prepare a quote. Services, professionals, contracts and payment are confirmed separately. This form does not accept medical-record attachments or sensitive images.

Define the delivery for your actual question.

Add your goal, available inputs and timing. Agree scope, review responsibilities and a quote before commissioning.

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