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Veterinary Sciences, 2018 Clinical audit is a quality improvement tool used to assess and improve the clinical services provided to patients. This is the first study to investigate the extent to which clinical audit is understood and utilised in farm animal veterinary practice. A
Katie Waine +4 more
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Preventive medical care in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory: a follow-up study of the impact of clinical guidelines, computerised recall and reminder systems, and audit and feedback [PDF]
, 2003 Background Interventions to improve delivery of preventive medical services have been shown to be effective in North America and the UK. However, there are few studies of the extent to which the impact of such interventions has been sustained, or of the
A Szczepura +28 more
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Drivers for change in primary care of diabetes following a protected learning time educational event: interview study of practitioners [PDF]
, 2008 Background: A number of protected learning time schemes have been set up in primary care across the United Kingdom but there has been little published evidence of their impact on processes of care.
Middlemass, Jo B. +3 more
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Use of data from patient records for research : a model for best practice? [PDF]
, 2007 In the UK National Health Service (NHS), the registered list and the clinical records of patients are an invaluable resource for the quality assurance of clinical care in General Practice (e.g.
Dobbs, Frank, Mathers, Nigel
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2016 Aims: 1. To identify the extent of clinical gaps at the context of knowledge, practice and systems. 2. To formulate necessary intervention measures towards bridging the gaps. Settings and Design: Comparative, cross-sectional and non-interventional study.
Sudeshna Chatterjee +2 more
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Research knowledge and skills in primary medical training: A crosssectional audit [PDF]
, 2016 This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Background: Internationally, medical education has either adopted, or is moving toward, a Masters level qualification at completion.
Allen, Penny +3 more
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Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2007 In the current financial situation, where trusts receive finance based on payment by results, accurate record keeping is very important. Many trusts have lost funding despite having a good patient load because of an inability to produce appropriate data. Information on the performance of a trust is largely obtained from data produced by clinical coding,
K K, Tewary +2 more
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Improving standards of nutritional care on a cancer ward:the development and evaluation of a nutritional care assistant role [PDF]
, 2010 Purpose: Patients with cancer are particularly at risk of malnutrition and suffer a range of nutritional problems as a consequence of their disease and its treatment.
Davie, Jackie +3 more
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An audit to determine the clinical effectiveness of a pathway for managing wound infection [PDF]
, 2015 Prevention of wound infection is a key objective in the planning of care for patients with wounds. The potential for wound infection, particularly in chronic wounds that are heavily contaminated with bacteria, can be high (Bowler et al, 2001).
Grothier, Lorraine, Stephenson, John
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Audit in clinical practice [PDF]
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 2009 Audit dates back to as early as 1750 BC when king Hammurabi of Babylon instigated audit for clinicians with regard to outcome. Clinical audit is a way of fi nding out whether we are doing what we should be doing. It also verifi es whether we are applying the best practice.An audit cycle involves setting-up of standards, measuring current practice ...
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