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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
BackgroundQuADRANT was a study funded by the European Commission to evaluate clinical audit uptake and implementation across Europe, with an emphasis...
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Outpatient management of urinary tract infections by medical officers in Nairobi, Kenya: lack of benefit from audit and feedback on adherence to treatment guidelines
IntroductionAcute uncomplicated urinary tract infections are common in outpatient settings but are not treated optimally. Few studies of the...
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Retrospective audit in documentation practice in surgical inpatients records, a two cycles audit
BackgroundTo provide safe and effective patient care, records must be kept in a high-quality manner. Clinical audits should be conducted on a...
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Dosages of Swallowing Exercises Prescribed in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Medical Record Audit
This study investigated how swallowing exercise dosage is recorded, and what swallowing exercise dosages are reported in a stroke rehabilitation...
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An Audit Spiral of the Medication Process in a Tertiary Care Hospital
AbstractMedication process is the step-by-step process followed in the delivery of a drug from the pharmacy to the patient. The various components...
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Observations from Australia’s National Surgical Mortality Audit
BackgroundAustralia is the only country with a national surgical mortality audit. Every Australian surgical mortality is independently and externally...
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Audit and feedback to reduce unwarranted clinical variation at scale: a realist study of implementation strategy mechanisms
BackgroundUnwarranted clinical variation in hospital care includes the underuse, overuse, or misuse of services. Audit and feedback is a common...
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An audit of the use of CT pituitary scans to exclude a pituitary macroadenoma
BackgroundPituitary imaging is often required to exclude an adenoma suspected clinically or biochemically. Although magnetic resonance (MR) is the...
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Develo** a questionnaire to evaluate an automated audit & feedback intervention: a Rand-modified Delphi method
BackgroundAudit and feedback (A&F) is a widely used implementation strategy to evaluate and improve medical practice. The optimal design of an A&F...
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Managing unwarranted variation in hospital care – findings from a regional audit in Norway
Background/AimThere has been increasing focus and research over the past decades on defining, identifying, visualizing and reducing unwarranted...
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Validation of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in Brazilian Colleges: Network Analysis, Measurement Invariance and Screening Efficiency
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) among a diverse sample of Brazilian college...
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A medical chart audit to assess endocrinologist perceptions of the burden of endogenous Cushing’s syndrome
PurposeThis study was undertaken to assess the unmet needs within the endogenous Cushing’s syndrome (CS) care paradigm from the endocrinologist’s...
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An Audit on Discharge Process in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Discharge from a hospital is a process when there is transfer of care of a patient from an inpatient environment to another community or domestic...
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Evaluating compliance with the care standard of proactively assessing bone health in patients with diabetes: a pilot audit of practice across Asia by the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO)
SummaryThis pilot audit explored how bone health is assessed patients with diabetes in diverse centres across Asia. Only 343 of 1092 (31%) audited...
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Clinical audit in European radiology: current status and recommendations for improvement endorsed by the European Society of Radiology (ESR)
Clinical audit is an important quality improvement activity and has significant benefits for patients in terms of enhanced care, safety, experience...
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Symmetry of computerised tomography of the brain in traumatic brain injury: a quality improvement audit
BackgroundNon-contrast Computerised Tomography (NCCT) of brain is the gold standard investigation for diagnosis and management of Traumatic brain...
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A patient journey audit tool (PJAT) to assess quality indicators in a nuclear medicine service
PurposeTo develop a nuclear medicine specific patient journey audit tool (PJAT) to survey and audit patient journeys in a nuclear medicine department...
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Salivary gland tumors: an audit from a tertiary care centre in Northern India
Salivary gland tumors are relatively rare and can exhibit various clinical behaviors. The study aims to understand the natural history, pathology,...
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Critical incidents during anesthesia: prospective audit
BackgroundCritical incident reporting and analysis is one of the key components of patient safety in anesthesiology. The aim of this study was to...
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis in patients with tuberous sclerosis: a national centre audit
BackgroundLymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is common in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) yet under recognised with management mostly based upon...
