Making use of clinical audit : a guide to practice in the health professions
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Making use of clinical audit : a guide to practice in the health professions
（Health services management）
Open University Press, 1995
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-180) and index
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Description
* What is clinical audit? What are its components and sequences?
* How can clinical audit be used by health professionals to improve the quality of their service?
Making Use of Clinical Audit is based on a project sponsored by the Department of Health which was undertaken in collaboration with members of professional bodies representing clinical psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy.
It explains to members of the health professions the nature of clinical audit, and how they can use it in order to support them and the organizations in which they work.
The study is based upon fieldwork and discussion in nine health units and with four of the health professions. It will be useful, however, to the whole range of health professions and to those concerned with the introduction of quality assurance outside the health service.
The book is written by members of teams from Brunel University's Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy and Practice and the King's College, University of London, Nursing Research Unit who between them embody expertise in clinical audit and practice, including clinical education and training, and the organization and evaluation of health services.
The book is intended to present both the theoretical and policy backgrounds to clinical audit and to give guidance to those who wish to advance it.
Table of Contents
Preface
Glossary
What is audit?
Clinical audit and its relationship to other forms of quality assurances and knowledge generation
Making a start on clinical audit
cycles and spirals
The nature of clinical audit and how far it has gone
The benefits of and constraints on clinical audit
Clinical audit and managing health systems
Making audit a workable system
Conclusion
References
Index
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Description
This text is based on a project sponsored by the Department of Health which was undertaken in collaboration with members of professional bodies representing clinical psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy. It explains to members of the health professions the nature of clinical audit and how they can use it in order to support them and the organization in which they work. The study is based on fieldwork and discussion in nine health units and with four of the health professions. The book is intended to present both the theoretical and policy backgrounds to clinical audit and to give guidance to those who wish to advance it.
Table of Contents
- What is audit?
- clinical audit and its relationships to other forms of quality assurances and knowledge generation
- making a start on clinical audit - cycles and spirals
- the nature of clinical audit and how far it has gone
- the benefits and constraints on clinical audit
- clinical audit and managing health systems
- making audit a workable system.
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