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A feasibility study of signed consent for the collection of patient identifiable information for a national paediatric clinical audit database [PDF]

, 2005
Objectives: To investigate the feasibility of obtaining signed consent for submission of patient identifiable data to a national clinical audit database and to identify factors influencing the consent process and its success.
Chaudhry, B., Darowski, M., Davey, N., Draper, E.S., Jones, S., McKinney, P.A., Parry, G., Parslow, R., Stack, C.   +8 more
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QuADRANT: a study on uptake and implementation of clinical audit of medical radiological procedures in Europe—expert recommendations for improvement, endorsed by the ESR

Insights into Imaging, 2023
Background QuADRANT was a study funded by the European Commission to evaluate clinical audit uptake and implementation across Europe, with an emphasis on clinical audit as mandated within the BSSD (Basic Safety Standards Directive).
David C. Howlett, Adrian P. Brady, Monika Hierath, Jonathan Clark, Wolfgang Wadsak, Francesco Giammarile, Núria Jornet, Mary Coffey   +7 more
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Evaluating tools to support a new practical classification of diabetes: excellent control may represent misdiagnosis and omission from disease registers is associated with worse control. [PDF]

, 2012
To conduct a service evaluation of usability and utility on-line clinical audit tools developed as part of a UK Classification of Diabetes project to improve the categorisation and ultimately management of ...
de Lusignan, S, Desombre, T, Hassan Sadek, N, Khunti, K, Sadek, AR, Tahir, A   +5 more
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Quality‐improvement program for ultrasound‐based fetal anatomy screening using large‐scale clinical audit

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2019
A large‐scale audit and peer review of ultrasound images may improve sonographer performance, but is rarely performed consistently as it is time‐consuming and expensive.
Mohammad Yaqub, B. Kelly, H. Stobart, R. Napolitano, J. Noble, A. Papageorghiou   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinical audit research and evaluation of motor neuron disease (CARE-MND): a national electronic platform for prospective, longitudinal monitoring of MND in Scotland

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 2019
Objectives: Launched in 1989, the Scottish Motor Neuron Disease Register (SMNDR) has provided a resource for prospective clinical data collection. However, in 2015 we aimed to evolve a system to allow: i) A patient-centered approach to care based on ...
D. Leighton, J. Newton, Shuna Colville, A. Bethell, G. Craig, L. Cunningham, Moira Flett, Dianne Fraser, Janice Hatrick, Helen Lennox, Laura Marshall, D. McAleer, Allison McEleney, Kitty Millar, Ann Silver, Laura Stephenson, S. Stewart, Dorothy Storey, Gill Stott, Carol Thornton, C. Webber, Harry Gordon, G. Melchiorre, Laura Sherlock, Emily Beswick, David Buchanan, S. Abrahams, A. Bateman, J. Preston, Callum Duncan, R. Davenport, G. Gorrie, Ian Morrison, R. Swingler, S. Chandran, S. Pal   +35 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ensuring comparisons of health-care providers are fair: development and validation of risk prediction models for critically ill patients

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2015
Background: National clinical audit has a key role in ensuring quality in health care. When comparing outcomes between providers, it is essential to take the differing case mix of patients into account to make fair comparisons.
David A Harrison, Paloma Ferrando-Vivas, Jason Shahin, Kathryn M Rowan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development and pilot of clinical performance indicators for English ambulance services [PDF]

, 2010
Introduction: There is a compelling need to develop clinical performance indicators for ambulance services in order to move from indicators based primarily on response times and in light of the changing clinical demands on services.
Black, Sarah, Donohoe, Rachel, National Ambulance Clinical Audit Steering Group, Shaw, Deborah, Siriwardena, Aloysius, Stephenson, John   +5 more
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Lifting the lid: a clinical audit on commode cleaning [PDF]

, 2010
Many healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are preventable by infection control procedures designed to interrupt the transmission of organisms from a source. Commodes are in use constantly throughout healthcare facilities.
Ayliffe GAJ, Biotrace., Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Cresswell J., Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Helen Bucior, Higgs J., I nfection Control Nurses Association, Inglis TJJ., Joan Cochrane, LoBiondo-Wood G., National Audit Office, National Clostridium difficile Standards Group, National Institute for Clinical Excellence, National Patient Safety Agency, NHS Estates, Pratt R., Wilson J.   +20 more
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The current status of radiological clinical audit - an ESR Survey of European National Radiology Societies

Insights into Imaging, 2019
The importance of clinical audit in radiological practice is increasingly recognised and undertaking clinical audit “in accordance with national procedures” is mandatory for radiology departments within the European Union following implementation of the ...
David C Adrian P Steve Christoph D Howlett Brady Ebdon-Jackson Becker, D. Howlett, A. Brady, S. Ebdon-Jackson, Christoph D. Becker   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Family-Reported Experiences Evaluation (FREE) study: a mixed-methods study to evaluate families’ satisfaction with adult critical care services in the NHS

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2015
Background: To improve care it is necessary to feed back experiences of those receiving care. Of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs), approximately one-quarter die, and few survivors recollect their experiences, so family members have a ...
Stephen E Wright, Emma Walmsley, Sheila E Harvey, Emily Robinson, Paloma Ferrando-Vivas, David A Harrison, Ruth R Canter, Elaine McColl, Annette Richardson, Michael Richardson, Lisa Hinton, Daren K Heyland, Kathryn M Rowan   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source