1st Edition
New Principles of Best Practice in Clinical Audit
214 Pages
by
CRC Press
214 Pages
by
CRC Press
214 Pages
by
CRC Press
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With the NHS committed to making quality the centre of treatment, clinical audit - a proven and effective process for measuring quality and driving its improvement - has never been a more topical issue. Now thoroughly updated and rewritten, this new edition describes the process by which health professionals, managers and other NHS staff can assess the standard of care they deliver and how closely... Read more
Introduction: Foundations, tradition and new directions: the future of clinical audit in a new decade. Stage 1 – Preparation, planning and organisation of clinical audit. Stage 2 – Measuring Performance. Stage 3 - Implementing Change. Stage 4 – Sustaining Improvement Appendices Ethics and Clinical Audit. Clinical Audit, Impact and Quality Improvement – a discursive review. Change Management. Criteria and Indicators for best practice in clinical audit. Clinical Audit: a guide for NHS boards & partners. Patient and Public Engagement (PPE) in Clinical Audit. Further Sources of Help and Information. Abbreviations.
Biography
Robin Burgess is chief executive of the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), the organization responsible for supporting clinical audit in Great Britain.
