... standards. Furthermore, data from this clinical audit can serve as a benchmark for the development of national operating policies in similar settings. The aim of this audit is to assess the standard of inpatient consultation-liaison services and ultimately to continually improve the quality...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Clinical effectiveness Patient education Clinical audit Care pathways Tinnitus Patient information Tinnitus retraining therapy Tinnitus is a common ailment (prevalence=10.1–14.5 per cent) in the UK population and up to 22–32 per cent...

...Declan Dunne; Nikhil Lal; Nagarajan Pranesh; Michael Spry; Christopher Mcfaul; Paul Rooney Purpose A clinical audit is a key component of the clinical governance framework. The rate of audit completion in general surgery has not been investigated. The purpose of this paper is to assess the rates...

... percent by registrars. Robert Nash can be contacted at: mr.robert.nash@gmail.com 09 06 2016 23 05 2017 19 06 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Clinical audit Clinical indicators Health and safety...

... et al., 2003) and consequently NSAIDs are often prescribed inadvertently (Plantinga et al., 2008). Patient safety Clinical audit Drug errors Quality improvement Chronic kidney disease (CKD) describes abnormal kidney function and/or structure (National Institute...

... the same day. Service quality Clinical governance Clinical audit Post-mortems provide an important tool for mortality audits and accurate death certification, which in turn has implications for epidemiological studies (Roulson et al., 2005 ; Shojania et al., 2003...

... were assessed. Patients assessed by the author were excluded to prevent bias. Dushan Thavarajah can be contacted at: dushanthavarajah@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Venous thromboembolism Clinical audit NICE guidelines United Kingdom Orthopaedics...

... treating manic patients and suggests current practice is not evidence‐based. Local prescribing policy and national guidelines' influence on practice are discussed. Valproate Mania Bipolar disorder Evidence‐based guidelines Drug administration Auditing guidelines Clinical audit United Kingdom...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Quality assessment Clinical audit Patients Health care Article Type: New and views From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 24, Issue 1 Keywords: Quality assessment, Clinical audit...

... Keywords: Cancer, Clinical audit, Health care, Health services New Zealand Health authorities are warning women against thermal imaging for breast cancer detection and one expert even says the industry should be shut down. Thermal imaging or thermography is growing in popularity among...

... that demonstrated an increased risk of adverse events. Amanda Edgeworth can be contacted at: edgeworth@doctors.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Clinical audit Quality assessment Service delivery Patient care General practice United Kingdom Measuring the frequency of adverse...

... from earlier elective referral. The management of these patients is examined in the context of payment by results to determine cost and potential savings. Design/methodology/approach The approach takens was prospective clinical audit and patient questionnaire in a district general hospital. Cost...

... interventions would you suggest to reduce this rate?” The most important perceived reasons for the apparent difference in PCR rates were that: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Risk management Clinical audit Surgery Eyes Safety Singapore Cataract surgery is the most...

... for their medical admission (38.9 per cent), illustrating the importance of the liaison psychiatry service in contributing to specialist management of these cases. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Clinical audit Quality Continuous improvement Evidence‐based practice Hospital management...

... systematic approaches to clinical audit – a quality improvement process that improves patient care against explicit criteria and change implementation (NICE, 2002). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 The team meets monthly and delegates various work streams to staff groups as appropriate...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Healthcare improvement Healthcare research Clinical audit Alan Pearson, John Field and Zoe JordanBlackwell PublishingDecember 2006ISBN 9781405157407 Evidence-Based Clinical Practice in Nursing and Healthcare examines...

..., highlighting how audit can be improved through the principles and practice of social research. Design/methodology/approach The review begins by defining the audit process. It goes on to explore salient relationships between clinical audit and research, grouped into the following broad themes: ethical...

...M. Renshaw; A. Ireland Clinical audit has a pivotal role to play in improving the quality of patient care. As part of the programme for co‐ordinating clinical audit across the trust each clinical area has a nominated doctor to lead and co‐ordinate the audit programme in their specialty...