The document discusses clinical audit, which involves systematically analyzing healthcare quality, procedures, resource use, and patient outcomes and life quality. It describes the clinical audit cycle of defining standards, collecting data on performance, comparing performance to standards, implementing changes if needed, and monitoring additional data. The goals of clinical audits are to improve healthcare quality, efficiency, standards, and patient outcomes and satisfaction. Common methods used in clinical audits include reviewing medical records, incidents of adverse patient reactions, diagnostic investigations, and therapeutic practices. Challenges of auditing primary care include difficulties setting standards, measuring outcomes, accounting for patient views, and causing anxiety for some doctors.
This document outlines the clinical audit process which involves systematically reviewing patient care against criteria to improve outcomes. It discusses selecting an audit topic focused on processes related to common conditions or procedures. Best practice standards are identified from guidelines and literature. The audit process involves forming a team, setting aims and standards, collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data from a sample, implementing changes, and re-auditing to confirm improvements. Data collection involves designing a questionnaire and obtaining department approval and ethics approval.
Clinical Audit is a method of confirming the quality of clinical services and identify the need for improvement. A skill hospital administrator should learn and practice.
This document provides an overview of medical audit, including: - Definitions of medical audit as the retrospective evaluation and analysis of medical records to monitor clinical performance. - The history of medical audit from ancient codes to its modern establishment in India in 2007 through the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals. - The purposes of medical audit which include planning improvements, ensuring regulatory standards, and assessing health program effectiveness.
The document discusses quality assurance in healthcare, including defining quality, measuring it through indicators, improving quality through approaches like total quality management and continual improvement, and ensuring quality through principles like transparency, evidence-based practice, and accountability. It also addresses important dimensions of quality like safety, effectiveness, efficiency, accessibility, and patient-centeredness.
Clinical Audits and Process Improvement in HospitalsLallu Joseph
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How to conduct a clinical audit, differences between research and clinical audit, medical audit, History of audit, benefits of audit, standard, criteria, benchmarks, compare performance, examples of clinical audit, audit cycle, types of audit, NABH, JCI, QAPI, PDCA, Hospital accreditation,
This document discusses medical audits and provides information on various types of audits including internal and external audits, managerial/organizational audits, medical/clinical audits, and financial audits. It explains the need for audits to maintain safety, quality, reputation and funding. The document outlines the six stages of clinical audits including preparing, selecting criteria, measuring performance, making improvements, sustaining improvements, and re-auditing. Methods used in audits like direct observation, checklists, documentation reviews, questionnaires and interviews are also mentioned.
This document provides an overview of clinical audit, including: - The definition and purpose of clinical audit as evaluating care against criteria to implement improvements. - The history of audit beginning in ancient times and early examples from Florence Nightingale. - The five stages of the audit cycle: preparing, setting criteria, measuring performance, making improvements, and sustaining changes. - Key aspects like defining measurable criteria and standards, collecting and analyzing data, identifying barriers, and monitoring ongoing performance. Clinical audit is presented as a tool to systematically review quality of care and ensure best practices are implemented to improve patient outcomes.
This document discusses patient safety in healthcare. It defines patient safety as the absence of preventable harm during healthcare. It notes that most patient harm is due to systemic flaws rather than individual negligence. It then discusses various types of patient safety concerns like medical errors, adverse events, infections, and falls. International patient safety goals are also presented, such as properly identifying patients, improving communication, and reducing healthcare-associated infections. The document emphasizes that improving safety requires efforts across many areas to protect patients from harm.
This document discusses the process of clinical auditing. It begins by defining clinical auditing as a quality improvement process that systematically reviews patient care against criteria to implement changes that improve outcomes. It then outlines the key stages of clinical auditing: choosing a topic by identifying an area for improvement; establishing criteria and standards; collecting and analyzing data; identifying if standards were met and reasons for any gaps; developing an action plan; and re-auditing to assess if improvements were achieved. The goals of clinical auditing are to ensure best practices are followed, reduce risks, and improve patient care.
This document outlines the clinical audit process. It defines audit as reviewing, monitoring, and evaluating care against agreed standards to improve patient outcomes, use of resources, education, and staff reflection. Research aims to discover new information rather than evaluate existing care. The audit cycle involves identifying issues, setting criteria, measuring current practice, analyzing data against criteria, implementing changes, and re-auditing. Types of audits include structure, process, and outcome audits. Steps of the audit cycle are also demonstrated through an example audit on postoperative wound infections.
This document summarizes the key changes between the 4th and 5th editions of the NABH accreditation standards. The 5th edition has reduced the total number of standards from 105 to 100 and objective elements from 683 to 651. It introduces a new graded scoring system of 1 to 5 and defines criteria for accreditation including minimum scores across standards and chapters. Core elements related to patient safety must now be met to achieve accreditation.
IMPORTANT COMMITTEE LIST for a hospital going for NABH /JCI by Dr.Mahboob ali...Healthcare consultant
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The document lists 13 committees that are important for a hospital seeking accreditation from NABH or JCI. The committees meet with varying frequencies from monthly to yearly and are chaired by senior staff such as the Chairman, Medical Director, and Safety Officer. The committees include members from departments like Quality, Nursing, Pharmacy to oversee functions such as safety, infection control, mortality, ethics, and blood transfusion.
The document provides information on the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation program. It discusses that JCI was started in 1994 based on quality standards developed by the Joint Commission for hospital accreditation in the US. The JCI accreditation process involves hospitals conducting self-assessments and on-site surveys to evaluate compliance with JCI's standards. Over 1000 international organizations across 90 countries have received JCI accreditation. The document outlines the four sections of JCI standards and provides details on the accreditation process and comparison between JCI and India's National Accreditation Board for Hospitals.
This document discusses clinical audits, including definitions, history, types of audits, and the audit cycle. It defines a clinical audit as a quality improvement process that systematically reviews care against criteria to implement changes. The first known clinical audit was conducted by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War. Key points made include that audits seek to improve patient care and outcomes, while research examines whether the right processes are being followed. The document also provides a case study example of "The Great Coffee Audit" to illustrate how an audit was conducted to address doctors' dissatisfaction with the temperature of their coffee.
Mcqs in management and healthcare administrationGovt of India
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This document contains 10 multiple choice questions related to management and healthcare administration. It provides the questions along with 5 possible answer choices for each question. After each set of questions, it then lists the question number and the correct answer choice. The key topics covered include hospital planning, central sterile services departments, operational research models, drug classification systems, medical audit committees, hospital design considerations, death rates, medical auditing methods, diagnostic services, and quality standards.
The document provides an overview of healthcare quality assurance. It defines quality, differentiates between the three aspects of quality, and identifies key dimensions of quality. It discusses that quality planning, measurement, and improvement are important for a quality assurance process. The document outlines various quality assurance concepts like the cost of quality, quality standards, Donabedian's paradigm, and the plan-do-check-act quality improvement cycle. It emphasizes that quality assurance focuses on systems and processes, uses data to analyze service delivery, and encourages a team approach to problem solving.
This document discusses quality improvement in emergency departments. It outlines the stages of quality improvement as structure, process, and outcome. For structure, it discusses factors like the number of beds, staffing ratios, and available support services. For process, it lists key quality indicators that are measured, such as initial assessment time, medication errors, and times to dispatch ambulances or perform procedures. It emphasizes the importance of documentation, decision making skills, communication, ongoing training, and using tools like Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles to continuously improve quality. Strong leadership, a culture of safety, stakeholder involvement, standardizing care processes, and data analysis are strategies recommended for quality improvement efforts.
Clinical audit is a quality improvement process that systematically reviews and compares current clinical practice to standards of best practice in order to improve patient care and outcomes. It involves measuring actual practice against agreed standards, identifying any gaps, and implementing changes to close those gaps. The clinical audit cycle includes identifying a topic, setting standards, collecting data on current practice, comparing this to standards, implementing changes, and re-auditing to ensure improvements are sustained. Clinical audit aims to improve services for patients, support lifelong learning for healthcare professionals, and help meet national quality standards.
This document discusses patient safety and the International Patient Safety Goals. It defines patient safety as the prevention of errors and adverse effects associated with healthcare. It also defines key terms like sentinel events and near misses. The document then summarizes each of the 6 International Patient Safety Goals which focus on correctly identifying patients, improving communication, safety of high-alert medications, correct site surgery, reducing healthcare associated infections, and reducing falls. It provides examples of processes to meet each goal.
This document provides an overview of medical audit, including: - Definitions of medical audit and clinical audit - The history and evolution of audit from the 1850s to modern clinical audit practices - The need for and benefits of medical audit - The six stages of the audit process: preparing, selecting criteria, measuring performance, making improvements, sustaining improvements, and re-audit - Types of clinical audits such as statistical, disease-specific, death, and infection control audits - Key aspects of implementing a successful audit such as identifying criteria and standards, collecting and analyzing data, and identifying and addressing barriers to change.
Quality in healthcare refers to adhering to predetermined specifications and standards to meet patient needs. Over time, quality practices evolved from craftsmanship to focusing on processes through thinkers like Shewhart and Deming. Donabedian introduced structure-process-outcome measures for assessing quality. National and international organizations like JCAH, ISO, and NABH were formed to standardize healthcare quality. NABH accreditation involves an application process, onsite assessments, and meeting standards in areas like patient care, management, and information systems to certify high quality care.
This document discusses quality assurance and patient safety in healthcare delivery. It emphasizes that quality assurance through strategies like accreditation, certification and licensure is important to ensure safety for patients and is a core component of delivering high quality healthcare. Ensuring patient safety requires assessing factors like medical errors, developing a culture of safety and continuous quality improvement. Adopting patient safety programs and strategies like TeamSTEPPS can help healthcare systems focus on preventing errors and learning from any that occur to provide safer care.
This document discusses key performance indicators (KPIs) for healthcare. It provides information on developing KPIs, including defining objectives, identifying key result areas and tasks, and determining methods to measure results. The document discusses common types of KPIs such as process, input, output, leading, and lagging KPIs. It also discusses qualitative and quantitative KPIs. Mistakes to avoid when developing KPIs include creating too many and not linking them to strategy. KPIs should be designed to empower employees and answer important questions.
There are several main dimensions most frequently used to measure hospitals performance via clinical efficiency ( Clinical quality , evidence -based practices , health improvement and outcomes for individual and patients)
NABH 5th edition hospital std april 2020anjalatchi
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A. National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) is a constituent board of Quality Council of India (QCI), set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organizations.
This document provides information on surgical audit and clinical research. It defines clinical audit as a quality improvement process that systematically reviews care against criteria to implement change and improve outcomes. Surgical audit similarly analyzes surgical quality and care against standards to improve practice. Audits identify if standards are met and research is used in practice, help reduce risk, and improve patient care. They follow the clinical audit cycle of choosing topics, collecting data, analyzing results against criteria, improving care, and re-auditing. Research aims to generate new knowledge by testing treatments or regimens with study design and analysis. It asks different questions than audits and requires identifying topics, designing projects, analyzing data, and publishing findings.
Dr Ayman Ewies - Clinical audit made easyAymanEwies
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This document provides an overview of how to conduct a clinical audit. It defines clinical audit as a process used by healthcare professionals to systematically review, evaluate and improve patient care. The document outlines the key components of an audit, including choosing a topic, selecting standards, planning methodology, collecting data, analyzing results, and implementing changes. It emphasizes that the goal of audit is to compare current practices to standards in order to enhance quality of care and patient outcomes.
This document discusses the process of clinical auditing. It begins by defining clinical auditing as a quality improvement process that systematically reviews patient care against criteria to implement changes that improve outcomes. It then outlines the key stages of clinical auditing: choosing a topic by identifying an area for improvement; establishing criteria and standards; collecting and analyzing data; identifying if standards were met and reasons for any gaps; developing an action plan; and re-auditing to assess if improvements were achieved. The goals of clinical auditing are to ensure best practices are followed, reduce risks, and improve patient care.
This document outlines the clinical audit process. It defines audit as reviewing, monitoring, and evaluating care against agreed standards to improve patient outcomes, use of resources, education, and staff reflection. Research aims to discover new information rather than evaluate existing care. The audit cycle involves identifying issues, setting criteria, measuring current practice, analyzing data against criteria, implementing changes, and re-auditing. Types of audits include structure, process, and outcome audits. Steps of the audit cycle are also demonstrated through an example audit on postoperative wound infections.
This document summarizes the key changes between the 4th and 5th editions of the NABH accreditation standards. The 5th edition has reduced the total number of standards from 105 to 100 and objective elements from 683 to 651. It introduces a new graded scoring system of 1 to 5 and defines criteria for accreditation including minimum scores across standards and chapters. Core elements related to patient safety must now be met to achieve accreditation.
IMPORTANT COMMITTEE LIST for a hospital going for NABH /JCI by Dr.Mahboob ali...Healthcare consultant
12.6K views•1 slide
The document lists 13 committees that are important for a hospital seeking accreditation from NABH or JCI. The committees meet with varying frequencies from monthly to yearly and are chaired by senior staff such as the Chairman, Medical Director, and Safety Officer. The committees include members from departments like Quality, Nursing, Pharmacy to oversee functions such as safety, infection control, mortality, ethics, and blood transfusion.
The document provides information on the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation program. It discusses that JCI was started in 1994 based on quality standards developed by the Joint Commission for hospital accreditation in the US. The JCI accreditation process involves hospitals conducting self-assessments and on-site surveys to evaluate compliance with JCI's standards. Over 1000 international organizations across 90 countries have received JCI accreditation. The document outlines the four sections of JCI standards and provides details on the accreditation process and comparison between JCI and India's National Accreditation Board for Hospitals.
This document discusses clinical audits, including definitions, history, types of audits, and the audit cycle. It defines a clinical audit as a quality improvement process that systematically reviews care against criteria to implement changes. The first known clinical audit was conducted by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War. Key points made include that audits seek to improve patient care and outcomes, while research examines whether the right processes are being followed. The document also provides a case study example of "The Great Coffee Audit" to illustrate how an audit was conducted to address doctors' dissatisfaction with the temperature of their coffee.
Mcqs in management and healthcare administrationGovt of India
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This document contains 10 multiple choice questions related to management and healthcare administration. It provides the questions along with 5 possible answer choices for each question. After each set of questions, it then lists the question number and the correct answer choice. The key topics covered include hospital planning, central sterile services departments, operational research models, drug classification systems, medical audit committees, hospital design considerations, death rates, medical auditing methods, diagnostic services, and quality standards.
This document provides information on surgical audit and clinical research. It defines clinical audit as a quality improvement process that systematically reviews care against criteria to implement change and improve outcomes. Surgical audit similarly analyzes surgical quality and care against standards to improve practice. Audits identify if standards are met and research is used in practice, help reduce risk, and improve patient care. They follow the clinical audit cycle of choosing topics, collecting data, analyzing results against criteria, improving care, and re-auditing. Research aims to generate new knowledge by testing treatments or regimens with study design and analysis. It asks different questions than audits and requires identifying topics, designing projects, analyzing data, and publishing findings.
Dr Ayman Ewies - Clinical audit made easyAymanEwies
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This document provides an overview of how to conduct a clinical audit. It defines clinical audit as a process used by healthcare professionals to systematically review, evaluate and improve patient care. The document outlines the key components of an audit, including choosing a topic, selecting standards, planning methodology, collecting data, analyzing results, and implementing changes. It emphasizes that the goal of audit is to compare current practices to standards in order to enhance quality of care and patient outcomes.
This document outlines the process of clinical audit, which involves comparing aspects of patient care against explicit criteria to improve outcomes. It discusses establishing structure, measuring processes, and evaluating outcomes. The document also describes the audit cycle of preparing, selecting criteria, measuring performance, making improvements, and sustaining them over time. Clinical audit is presented as a way for healthcare professionals and organizations to critically examine practices and ensure patients receive optimal care.
This document discusses clinical audits in anaesthesia. It defines clinical audits as quality improvement processes that systematically review care against criteria to improve outcomes. The document outlines the history of audits dating back to Florence Nightingale. It describes different types of audits including clinical, critical event, outcome, training, and survey audits. The audit cycle is also explained as preparing criteria, measuring performance, implementing improvements, and sustaining changes. Barriers to audits are a lack of resources, expertise, and leadership. Audits aim to improve standards but challenges include support, time constraints, and obtaining consent.
This PPT is mainly oriented to the Final yr MBBS students who are preparing for their Final exams. The Audit cycle has taken up from Bailey & Love - 24th edition.
Clinical pathways are multidisciplinary plans that embed evidence-based best practices into patient care to improve outcomes and efficiency. They originated from process mapping in engineering and were later adapted for healthcare. Clinical pathways standardize care for common conditions while allowing flexibility for individual patients. When combined with clinical practice guidelines, pathways can reinforce evidence-based practices and support clinical decision making. However, pathways must be carefully implemented and evaluated to ensure they do not discourage personalized care or reduce quality.
This document discusses fundamentals of quality in healthcare. It defines key terms like quality assurance, quality of care, and factors driving attention to quality like limited resources and patient demands. It describes Donabedian's framework for assessing quality, which looks at structure, process and outcomes. Achieving quality requires accessible, efficient and acceptable services. Ensuring quality involves continuous quality improvement approaches like plan-do-check-act cycles and evidence-based medicine. The goal is to provide high quality care through ongoing evaluation and improvement.
This document discusses fundamentals of quality in healthcare. It defines key terms like quality assurance, total quality management, and continuous quality improvement. It explains that quality can be assessed based on structure, process, and outcomes. Structure looks at the environment where care is provided. Process examines the care provided by practitioners. Outcomes assess the benefits achieved by patients. Achieving quality requires accessible, efficient, and acceptable services based on current knowledge. Continuous efforts are needed to monitor, assess, and improve healthcare quality.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for both physical and mental health. It notes that regular exercise can reduce the risk of diseases like heart disease and diabetes, improve mood, and reduce feelings of stress and anxiety. Staying active also helps maintain a healthy weight and keeps muscles, bones and joints healthy as we age.
Structural abnormalities or irregularities in the spine that are often present from birth (congenital) or result from other causes. These defects can involve the bones, discs, or surrounding tissues of the spine.
critical thinking and Nursing care planMs. Sapna Pal
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this presentation made for the B.Sc. Nursing 1st semester and for Post-basic B.sc. Nursing students and for those who need to learn basic idea on nursing care plan. Presentation describe critical thinking and its component, hoe to perform critical thinking. in nursing critical thinking's one approach is nursing process. it has important steps assessment, diagnosis, goal/outcome, planning, intervention, rationale and evaluation. we had explained in detail about various types of goal, planning and intervention. using example for each steps. found few content from nursing lab content. at the end user will found complete care plan model. nurses must learn first learn about method of health assessment and assessment technique.
IMPRESSION TECHNIQUES IN REMIVABLE PARTIAL DENTUREAmal228412
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A partial denture impression is defined as “A negative likeness of a part or all of a partially edentulous arch”. The critical need for finely detailed and meticulously accurate impressions in the practice of partial denture prosthodontics does not need elaboration. Unless the cast upon which the prosthesis is to be fabricated is an exact replica of the mouth, the prosthesis cannot be expected to fit properly, and, of course, an accurate cast can only be obtained from an accurate impression. The impression for a removable partial denture differs from one for a complete denture in important respects
Radiculopathy Vs Neuropathy Vs Myopathy Compilation.pptxSimranJethani9
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Radiculopathy, Neuropathy and Myopathy are common neurological clinical presentations. However the clinical differential diagnosis is challenging. This presentation demonstrates the differentiating features along with the Electrodiagnostic findings. It also highlights the management variations in all three conditions.
pina bifida is a birth defect that occurs when the neural tube doesn't form or close properly during pregnancy, resulting in defects in the spine and spinal cord. The neural tube is the structure that eventually develops into the baby's brain and spinal cord, and it begins to form early in pregnancy and closes about four weeks after conception. Spina bifida can range in severity from mild to severe, and can occur anywhere along the spine. The most common and serious form is called myelomeningocele (MMC), where the spinal cord and nerves push through the open bones in the spine and protrude from the fetus' back. Symptoms of spina bifida can include: An abnormal area on the back, such as a dimple, birthmark, hairy patch, or pouch-like bulge Tight and weak muscles Abnormal bone and joint growth or dislocation Loss of feeling below the opening Weakness or paralysis of the legs or feet Problems with bladder and bowel control Other complications can include hydrocephalus, a buildup of excess fluid around the brain, and learning problems. The cause of spina bifida is unknown, but a lack of folic acid before and during early pregnancy is a significant risk factor. Spina bifida is often associated with other developmental abnormalities, so a multidisciplinary medical plan may be important for survival and positive outcomes. Treatments may include physical therapy, mobility aids, and surgery. Spina bifida - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic 19 Dec 2023 — Sometimes it can cause loss of movement, known as paralysis. Whether a child can walk depends on the location of the sp... Mayo Clinic Spina Bifida Causes, Symptoms and Treatment | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Spina bifida - NHS Spina bifida is a type of neural tube defect. The neural tube is the structure that eventually develops into the baby's brain and ... NHS Show all This is for informational purposes only. For medical advice or diagnosis, consult a professional. Generative AI is experimental.
curriculum development.part 1 it include concept, approches and types pptxMs. Sapna Pal
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curriculum development is one of important topic for all educator s and students in education. In nursing Msc students learn this under nursing education. this consider as one of important aspect in teaching. presentation is all about curriculum development concept and its meaning, curriculum development follows philosophies like idealism, pragmatism, realism etc. curriculum development function as gain knowledge, holistic development, develop democratic value and realization of values. curriculum framework develop by various institutions and authority. framework has elements explained in ppt. comparison of prescribed element with INC given MSC curriculum give effective insight in topic. difference between syllabus and curriculum. further i had presented types of curriculum in brief and self understanding form. approaches of curriculum development is covered by giving examples . this presentation covers part 1 and shortly will upload 2nd part of it . content covered from various books and IGNOU online content.
2. Clinical Audit ‘Clinical audit is the systematic critical analysis of the quality of healthcare , including the procedures used for diagnosis , treatment and care, the use of resources and the resulting outcome and quality of life for the patient’.
3. Why Audit? Audit allows one to see how near one gets to the standards. It shows how our systems and every day PRACTICE let us down. it gives us opportunity to change to allow our efforts to be optimized. Audit puts the control of the quality of our work into our own hands.
4. The clinical audit cycle National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Principles for best practice in clinical audit. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002.
5. Audit Cycle What we are doing ? Collect (data or performance) Comparison [Assess performance against criteria & standard] Identify Needs for change Implementing change Define Criteria & Standards Select the issue Audit Cycle
6. Goals of Quality assurance Increasing the capacity & effectiveness of health services Increasing efficiency of HS Maintaining good standards for HS Improving the outcome on interventions Increasing consumer satisfaction Increasing effectiveness of community participation
7. Elements, Criteria, Standards Elements: represent the component parts of an activity Criteria: selected elements that are precise, clear, effective, measurable, & able to reflect the quality of that activity Standards: when the criterion has been defined at a descriptive or numerical level
8. The Consumer Quality means from consumer point of view: A service that is available at all time Easily accessible Feeling of comfort Politeness of health providers Disappearance of symptoms
9. Framework of Quality Structure: Manpower, drugs, equipment, buildings, records, etc Process: content, configuration Outcome: the results, the impact
11. Doing AUDIT Audit is concerned with monitoring performance against established stadards, and implementing appropriate change, as necessary, to meet those standards Audit Cycle/Spiral: Setting standards Monitoring performance Effecting change
12. Types of Standards Protocols Options Guidelines: how the doctor should behave in most instances Standards: have a ring of absoluteness among them Criterion: standards with flexibility (all diabetics should have their feet inspected once a year)
13. Monitoring Performance Collection of data Retrospective data collection (death & disaster type of case reviews) Prospective data collection: collecting data ‘on the run’
14. Effecting change Audit is all about change Comparing present behaviour against standards and being willing to change that behaviour in order to bring yourself or your practice up towards those standards
16. Achieving Change Be involved Choose a meaningful topic Set suitable standards Set an appropriate time scale for change Reward success Change for the better in a purposeful manner
17. CLINICAL AUDIT It is primarily for accountability, for management control, for professional development It is multidisciplinary: concerns not only the clinical practice within individual professions but also demonstrates the contributions made by each & the organizational links between them
18. Frame For Assessing Care Structure Process Outcome In which description , measurement, comparison and evaluation of quality of health care can be made. QUALITY OF: Building ) Equipments ) STRUCTURE Systems )
19. Structure Health care is likely to be more effective if it carried out in comfortable surrounding with right equipment and by most appropriate people. The presence of structure attribute increase the chance of good quality of care but does not assure it. Quality assessed primarily on basis of doctors performance, So the performance of health professionals embodies the other two constituents of quality (process& outcome). Audit of Structure - assess quality of environment in which care is provided.
20. Audit of process Process describe the care given by practitioner i.e. what the practitioner does , the sum of actions and decisions that describe a persons professional practice. Treatments Diagnosis / Intervention Dr. / Patient Communication Audit of process : describe quality of work done by health professionals.
21. Patient current and future health status. Definite indicators of health, and describe effectiveness of care. Success in outcome Preventing Suffering of Illness Audit of Outcome - assess the benefit achieved by patient. Outcome
22. The benefits of audit to a practice Bringing about change. Reducing organizational and clinical error. Improving effectiveness. Demonstrating good care. Meeting patients’ needs and expectations. Stimulating education. Promoting higher standards of hospital and community care for patients. Securing effective medical defense through risk avoidance.
23. Methods of Clinical Audit Peer Review Audit should involve the Objective Peer Review of patterns of care, be sensitive to the expectations of patients, & be used on scientific evidence of good medical practice Case for review can be selected randomly or by pre-agreed criteria Patterns of practice can be compared with Guidelines
24. Methods of Clinical Audit Adverse Patient Reaction involves systematic identification and analysis of events during a patient’s treatment which may indicate some lapse in the quality of care Screening criteria are defined by the participating clinicians: Peri-operative deaths Admission to ICU Unplanned second operations Unplanned readmissions
25. Methods of Clinical Audit Criteria for whole hospital includes: Admission because of complications of out-patient management Readmission for complications or incomplete management of problems on previous admission Unplanned removal, injury or repair of organ or structure during surgery/invasive procedure Unplanned return to theatre Nosocomial infection
26. Methods of Clinical Audit-II Pathology report varies significantly from pre-operative diagnosis Cardiac or respiratory arrest Cardiac arrest within 48 hours of surgery Neurological deficit on discharge not present at the time of admission Unexpected transfer to a High Dependency Unit Unexpected death
27. Methods of Clinical Audit-III Clinical Indicators: monitoring of routinely generated data within a specialty, in order to identify exceptions or trends which may merit detailed adhoc review Includes Workload, Access (waiting times), Appropriateness, Outcome, Information. Efficiency (Theatre sessions cancelled)
28. Methods of Clinical Audit Topic Review Analysis of an agreed topic may be carried out by prospective study or by retrospective analysis A systematic review of a large enough sample of similar cases in order to identify, quantify & compare patterns of practice Indicators: colonic resection, cholecytectomy, CABG, TURP, prolapsed disc, orchidopexy, hysterectomy, cataract, radical neck dissection
29. Methods of Clinical Audit Medical Records Clinical guidelines for minimum standards of records are required Auditing the records of every patient who had general anesthesia or adverse reaction or death
30. Clinical Audit Methods Therapeutics Audit of drug usage Appropriateness Route of administration Serum monitoring On what criteria are patients selected/refused (diagnosis, disability, disease, age) How should treatment be conducted (machine, safety, staff) When should treatment cease
31. Methods of Clinical Audit Other Methods Diagnostic investigations (Radiology) Autopsy Random case Review Patient Satisfaction Comparative Audit (confidential pooling of aggregated data, standard definitions & formats of individual doctors compared with their peers)
32. Audit of Outcome Assessment of outcome is much more difficult Indicator: post-operative mortality (account of severity of illness & fitness of patient for operation be taken) Death certificates are unreliable Random control trials for evaluating outcome of surgical interventions is universally accepted Audit of quality of life after surgery
33. What matters Patients are likely to be satisfied with their treatment if medical and nursing staff observe the rules of communication, courtesy, concern, competence & comfort Prevention by control of their origin is cheaper, more humane and more effective than intervention by treatment after they occur.
34. PLAN AN AUDIT 1. Define the nature of perceived problem. 2. Produce a clear written statements of aims. 3. Select the most appropriate method. 4. Decide upon the other basic design features. 5. Identify the main analysis to be made. 6. State who the audit will involve. 7. Start small. 8. Have a short time - scale. 9. Proceed step by step. 10. Indicate how the possible need for changes to be handled.
35. Data Collection 1.Routine practice data. 2. Medical Records. 3. Practice activity analysis. 4. Prospective recording of specific data. 5. Surveys. 6. Interviews. 7. Direct Observations.
36. How To Do It ? 1.Routine performance monitoring. 2. Practice activity analysis. 3. Surveys and Interviews. 4.Direct observation. 5. Confidential enquiries. 6. Use of tracer. 7.Pracice visiting.
37. The stages of clinical audit National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Principles for best practice in clinical audit. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002.
38. Analysis Analysis must reflect the audit aim. Analysis should always be focused. First step: examine the frequency of occurrence of each item or event [example 8 out of 40 may be widowed , 15 out of 40 may be taken more than one drugs…etc] each of these could be expressed as percentage. Next step construct the tables that shows range of each item of data collected this will highlight unusual event occurrence &analysis can be focused As the result production one or more tables containing only data required.
39. Analysis - Presentation of Data ANALYSIS OF DATA PRODUCE RESULTS THAT’S NEEDS TO BE CONVERTED INTO INFORMATIONS WHICH THE PRACTICE TEAMS CAN UNDERSTAND AN TO WHICH THEY CAN RELATED . PRESENTED IN VISUAL WAY THAT COMMUNICTE INFORMATIONS EFFECTIVELY.
40. PROBLEMS OF AUDIT IN PRIMARY CARE: 1. Difficulty in setting standards for many aspects of primary care. Why ?? a) lack of scientific evidence.!! b) audit is relatively new activity – few area have been examined and few audit validated. c) process measure is not necessary correlate well with outcome measures. e.g a practice may have recorded B.P for all its patients (100%)- but if non of the patients with high BP are treated the quality of care is low. " remember –measuring activity dose not necessary mean measuring quality" e.g. referrals DR A- High referral rate. DR B – Low referral rate.
41. PROBLEMS OF AUDIT 2. Good quality care means improved outcome, Outcome rather difficult to measure in G.P. “AIM OF TREATMENT HYPERTENSION IS TO REDUCE STROKES” ABSOLUTE OUTCOME MEASURES , STROKES NUMBERS To justify improved care of hypertensives, one has to look for intermediate outcome measures. e.g. Level of B.P. control – in treated hypertensives. Good control usually results in less strokes HbA1c intermediate outcome measure in diabetic care.
42. PROBLEMS OF AUDIT IN PRIMARY CARE 3. Good care should take into account the patients’ views. This is usually difficult in practice based audit. However, patients’ views are vital when auditing appointments or availability AND satisfaction 4. The idea of Audit causes anxiety for some doctors. Expose – poor care and therefore problems with PHC Administration or problems within PHC Team.