The Surgical Outcomes Monitoring and Improvement Programme (SOMIP) is an outcome-based, risk-adjusted, hospital-focused programme implemented across 17 public hospitals in Hospital Authority (HA) with surgical unit since 2008. Its primary objective is to enable risk-adjusted comparison among surgical units and identify improvement areas in clinical services provided by public hospitals.
The data generated by SOMIP has enabled hospitals and the specialty to address issues that may not have been identified during their own in-house surgical audits or quality assurance exercises. Through provision of risk-adjusted outcome data, providing feedback to surgical units and organizing discussion forum, SOMIP provides a unique platform for sharing of surgical knowledge and skills among different specialties and hospitals.
With the concerted effort from the stakeholders, a sustainable low mortality rate has been observed in surgical units in HA. Looking ahead, SOMIP will put more emphasis on reduction of post-operative complications.
