Strabismus surgery audit tool

Background

Welcome to the Strabismus Surgery Audit Tool provided for members of the British and Irish Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Association (BIPOSA). The tool was developed after a Delphi exercise of BIPOSA members in 2018 to determine the essential pieces of information that the members considered should be collected in order to provide a minimum data set.

Objectives

To allow BIPOSA members to audit their own strabismus surgery outcomes for the purposes of appraisal, and to compare with the national average.

Eligibility and Access

Access to this Tool is restricted to active, fully paid-up members of BIPOSA. It is available to registered BIPOSA members via a secure link

Use of the Tool

The Tool is provided for clinical audit, professional development and clinical governance purposes. Users must use the Tool only for these purposes and must not attempt to access, modify or interfere with the Tool or its security features.

Data Upload

Data is uploaded directly via a login. All data entry is strictly restricted to pre-defined options available within the provided drop-down lists.

Patient Privacy

Users are responsible for ensuring that the information they submit is accurate, appropriate for the purposes of clinical audit and does not identify an individual patient. 

Data protection

BIPOSA is registered with the ICO

Organisation name:  British Isles Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Association; Reference:  ZC271336  

Reporting and Data Output

The Tool permits users to generate and print out clinical audit reports of their submitted surgical results. Generated reports are intended for personal audit, professional development, appraisal and clinical governance purposes.

Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights in the Tool, its software, drop-down architecture, and design belong exclusively to BIPOSA

Technical Support

A dedicated feedback form is accessible directly from the Tool for submitting both technical support queries and development suggestions.

Feedback

BIPOSA reserves the right to implement or disregard development feedback at its sole discretion

Limitation of Liability

The Tool is provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis for clinical auditing purposes only. It is not intended to provide clinical diagnostics or direct treatment decisions. BIPOSA makes no warranties regarding the absolute uninterrupted availability of the web link or the Tool.

Suspension and Termination

BIPOSA reserves the right to suspend or terminate access to the Tool where there has been a breach of these Terms and Conditions, misuse of the Tool, a security concern, or where continued access may compromise the integrity or security of the service

Changes to these Terms

BIPOSA may update these Terms and Conditions from time to time. Where material changes are made, reasonable notice will be provided through the BIPOSA website or by email

Contact

Questions about the Tool, these Terms and Conditions, data protection or the use of audit data should be directed to BIPOSA through the contact details provided within the Tool (not the general BIPOSA contact us)

Links

Access to the Tool (opens to a new website domain) – Tool website

Contact for support issues relating to the Tool – either access once logged into the tool or contact here

Terms and conditions in full (must be accepted before commencement of using the Tool) – download here