Stage 5: Evaluation & Recommendations

This, with the end users needs assessment, is an important feedback mechanism in the closed loop model.

The CCS Heart Failure Consensus Conference Program has provided its closed loop business model with an industry recognized evaluation mechanism: the AGREE instrument. This annual evaluation will assess the Consensus Conference process by reviewing 23 items organized in 6 domains:

• Scope and purpose
• Stakeholder involvement
• Rigor of development
• Clarity and presentation
• Applicability
• Editorial independence

The CCS Heart Failure Consensus Conference Program has also ensured that all program specifications include evaluation mechanisms for the dissemination and implementation of the selected tools taken to the community.

The objective if this stage is to allow recommendations to be made towards the future development and improvement of the program in the spirit of continued quality improvement.