... at: caroline.hollinsmartin@gcal.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Childbirth Women Patient care Midwifery Auditing United Kingdom One may ask why birth satisfaction is important. This question can be answered in two words “cost” and “quality” (Ware, 1994). Healthcare cannot be high...

... from various multidisciplinary groups: consultant psychiatrists, psychiatric trainees, nurses, psychologists and psychoanalytic psychotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers and pastoral care staff. The aim of this audit is to assess the quality of education for members of different...

..., highlighting the need for medical record‐keeping procedures and polices to be put in place. Also brought to light was the importance of providing a workforce sufficient to meet the out‐patient team's administrative needs. An extended audit of other medical record‐keeping aspects should be carried out...

...Jacqueline Martin; Peter Hicks; Catherine Norrish; Shaila Chavan; Carol George; Peter Stow; Graeme K. Hart Purpose The aim of this pilot audit study is to develop and test a model to examine existing adult patient database (APD) data quality. Design/methodology/approach A database was created...

.../methodology/approach Paediatric patients presenting with croup, asthma, bronchiolitis, head injury and gastroenteritis in August 2006 were identified by ICD 9 coding and a traditional manual audit was performed by two data collectors. Data were collected on a total of 16 CIs for these five illnesses. Manual...

...Keng Boon Harold Tan Purpose In 2002 the Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) audited doctors' compliance with diabetes clinical practice guidelines in public healthcare institutions and attempted to postulate factors that influenced the degree of conformity. This study aims to address this issue...

...Roger Paxton; Paula Whitty; Ali Zaatar; Andrew Fairbairn; Jane Lothian Purpose The purpose of this article is to clarify the distinction between research and audit, and propose appropriate regulatory arrangements for audit and related activities. Design/methodology/approach The methods used...

... structure and processes of the ED and the culture of the department as a whole. Reminders, audit and feedback, education, the use of opinion leaders, and evidence‐based formatting of guidelines were all integral to the process. Practical implications It is postulated that an evidence‐based...

...’ anticoagulation control lies between these extremes. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Blood Drugs Outpatients Auditing Quality control Venous and arterial thromboembolism are common causes of morbidity and mortality. The incidence of arterial thromboembolism increases in the more...

...Rhidian A. Hughes; Anu Sinha; Fiona Aspinal; Maria Dunckley; Julia Addington‐Hall; Irene J. Higginson Clinical outcome measures are used in clinical audit to monitor the quality of care provided to patients. As information technology (IT) is increasingly being integrated into the delivery of health...

.... The experiences of the hospital, including the advantages and disadvantages, are explained. In particular, issues regarding the documentation process, control and calibration of 4,000 pieces of medical equipment and the impact on staffing levels for in‐house trained personnel to undertake the audits are described...