High impact information on Medical Audit

• SETTING: Five district general hospitals in North West Thames Regional Health Authority including one control hospital were used, starting in April 1991 when widespread medical audit was first introduced [1].
• A brief look at medical audit activity in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority area by use of a questionnaire mailed out to general practitioners, information from the medical audit advisory group database and the local health authority records [2].
• The achievement of these aims is likely to be helped by the recent changes in the NHS management system and supported by the requirements of Medical Audit and Hospital Accreditation Schemes [3].
• Medical audit as part of the clinical routine, and use of additional sources of information, exemplified by urea kinetic modeling, are discussed [4].
• Addressing medical audits. Part I - A strategy for achieving compliance: CMS, JCAHO, NCQA [5].

Biological context of Medical Audit

• MAAGs were introduced as a result of the 1989 White Paper 'Working for Patients', with the remit to direct, coordinate and monitor medical audit activities in general practice [6].

Associations of Medical Audit with chemical compounds

• Gentamicin therapy: medical audit [7].
• This study describes the introduction of a problem-based medical audit program at three teaching units in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University and the program's effect on learner knowledge, skills, and attitudes toward the practice audit [8].

Gene context of Medical Audit

• The UK Government's White paper stated their commitment to the development of medical audit [9].
• METHODS: A 10-step QA plan was designed that included delineating the scope of care, identifying the most important aspects of care, identifying indicators and thresholds to monitor performance and outcomes, and establishing a formal medical audit review process to resolve questions and/or problems [10].
• Medical audit of the care of patients with epilepsy in one group practice [11].

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