Clinical audit and quality improvement - Time for a rethink?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-48

  Bowie, Paul ^a   Bradley, Nicholas A ^a   Rushmer, Rosemary ^b  

^a NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Education; Improvement methodologies; Patient safety; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEAMWORK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84855523405     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01523.x     Document Type: Article

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