What is it about?
This article reviews the history and effectiveness of clinical audit . The article discusses why audit sometimes doesn't work, and appraises whether quality improvement may be more effective.
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Why is it important?
Clinicians spend large amounts of time and effort conducting audits, but it isn't clear that this leads to improved patient care.
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This article is intentionally provocative. We really wanted to challenge the existing dogma about clinical audit. We think that the effort expended on auditing multiple care standards might be better spent on trying to improve a few key areas of care.
adrian boyle
cambridge university hospitals foundation trust
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This page is a summary of: Clinical audit does not work, is quality improvement any better?, British Journal of Hospital Medicine, September 2018, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2018.79.9.508.
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