Clinical audit does not work, is quality improvement any better?
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Boyle, Adrian
Keep, Jeff
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2018
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This article reviews the history of clinical audit and appraises its effectiveness. It discusses why audit can be ineffective in improving care and makes proposals to remove these barriers. The article describes how quality improvement and improvement science may offer a better alternative to traditional audit. It describes how the Royal College of Emergency Medicine is the first specialty society to attempt a national quality improvement programme.
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British Journal of Hospital Medicine
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79
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9