Principles for Best Practice in Clinical Audit - Softcover

National Institute For Clinical Excellence

9781857759761: Principles for Best Practice in Clinical Audit

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857759761 ISBN 13: 9781857759761

Publisher: Radcliffe Pub, 2002

This text provides clear statements of principle about clinical audit in the NHS, reviewing the literature concerned with the development of audit over recent years. It also provides the mechanisms for reviewing the quality of everyday health care provided to patients.

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Review:

"Clinical audit is at the heart of clinical governance. - Clinical audit provides the mechanisms for reviewing the quality of everyday care provided to patients with common conditions like asthma or diabetes - Clinical audit builds on a long history of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals reviewing case notes and seeking ways to serve their patients better - Clinical audit addresses the quality issues systematically and explicitly, providing reliable information - Clinical audit can confirm the quality of clinical services and highlight the need for improvement This book provides clear statements of principle about clinical audit in the NHS. The authors have reviewed the literature concerned with the development of audit over recent years, and are able to speak about clinical audit with considerable personal authority.' From the Foreword by Sir Michael Rawlins and Dame Deirdre Hine

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