Table 2

 Evaluation of implementation of national reporting system of adverse outcomes in surgical patients using the RE-AIM framework

Measure for improvementNo (%)
Reach: % of target population that participated in this intervention
    % of surgical departments that received software109 (100%)
    % of surgical departments reporting adverse outcomes in 2002102 (93.6%)
Efficacy: success rate if implemented as in protocol
    % of surgical departments sending in information to national database over period 2000–26 (5.5%)
    % of surgical departments intending to send information to national database over the year 200322 (20.2%)
Adoption: % of settings that will adopt this intervention
    % of surgical departments willing to implement reporting system93 (85.3%)
    % of surgical departments unwilling because of own reporting system11 (10.1%)
Implementation: extent to which intervention is implemented
    % of surgical departments with successful implementation of reporting system in 200337 (33.9%)
    % of surgical departments without implementation in 2002 but with successful implementation in 200321 (19.3%)
    % of surgical departments experiencing problems with implementation in 200350 (45.9%)
    % of surgical departments with need for support beyond 200378 (71.6%)
Maintenance: extent to which a program is sustained over time
    % of surgical departments that maintained implementation in period 2002–316 (14.7%)
    % of surgical departments that lost implementation in 20034 (3.6%)