(medical) clinical audit
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(MEDICAL) CLINICAL AUDIT
Department of Public HealthFaculty of Medicine UNPAD2013
Learning objectives• Describe the definition of clinical practice audit (C2)• Describe the objective of clinical practice audit (C2)• Describe the benefit of clinical practice audit (C2)• Describe the phase in clinical practice audit (C2)
AUDIT
Evaluation of data, documents and resources to check performance of systems meets specified standards.
Medical audit
“A quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes through systematic review of care against explicit criteria and the implementation of change.”
From medical to clinical audit• The priority of audit was to involve all health
professionals• Transition from uniprofessional to multidiscipline audit• Medical audit refer to audit carried out by medical doctor
Clinical Audit
• “The process by which doctors, nurses and other health professionals regularly and systematically review and where necessary change their clinical practice”
• The main objective of audit is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of patient care
Clinical Audit
The structure of
care
The outcome of
care
The process of
care
Three main constituents
Structure
Staffing
Buildings
Operation time
etc
Process
Number of operation
etc
Outcome
Mortality
Morbidity
Patient satisfactory
Audit Cycle
Preparing for audit
Selecting criteria
Measuring performanc
e
Making improveme
nts
Sustaining improveme
nts
Stage 1: Preparing for audit• Involving users • Selecting a topic• Defining the purpose • Planning
Selecting a topic:
Is the topic concerned of high cost, or risk to staff or users?
Is there evidence of a serious quality problem?
for example patient complaints or high complication rates?
Is there potential for involvement in a national audit project or pertinent to national policy initiatives?
Is the topic a priority for the organisation?
Is good evidence available to inform standards?
for example systematic reviews or national clinical guidelines?
Stage 2: Selection criteria • Defining criteria
• Sources of evidence
• Appraising the evidence
Target criteria and standard
Systematically developed statements that can be used to assess the appropriateness of health care service or outcome
Criteria The percentage of events that should comply with the criterion
Target
Stage 3: Measuring level of performance
Planning data collection
Methods of data collection
Handling data
Stage 4: Making improvements
Identifying barriers to change Implementing change
• Identifying barriers to change• Fear• Lack of understanding• Low morale• Poor communication• Culture• Pushing too hard• Consensus not gained
Implementing Change:(systematic approach)o identification of local barriers to changeo support of teamworko use of a variety of specific methods
Stage 5: Sustaining improvement
Monitoring and evaluation Re-audit Maintaining and reinforcing improvement
AUDIT
• Measures current practice against specific standards• Never experimental• Uses data in existence by virtue of practice• May require ethical approval• Aims to improve delivery of patient care
RESEARCH
• Provides sound basis for medical audit• Involves experimental trials• Uses detailed data collection • Needs ethical approval and registration • Aims to add to body of scientific knowledge
REFERENCE
• Fraser R. Lakhani M, Baker R. Evidence-Based audit in general practice. Butterworth. Oxford. 1999.