Clinical Audit in Mental Health: Toward a Multidisciplinary Approach [Paperback]

John Riordan (Author), Darren Mockler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0471963321 | ISBN-13: 978-0471963325 | Edition: 1

This book fully describes the purpose, methods, and implementation of clinical audit programs in mental health care in order to meet the demands of purchasers, providers, clinicians, carers and patients. It provides a practical guide to implementation in hospital and community settings. Applies well-established models for clinical audit to mental health care. Reflects current trends in quality assurance in health care. Provides detailed, specific advice on assessing the effectiveness of mental health treatment programs.

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This book fully describes the purpose, methods, and implementation of clinical audit programs in mental health care in order to meet the demands of purchasers, providers, clinicians, carers and patients. It provides a practical guide to implementation in hospital and community settings. Applies well-established models for clinical audit to mental health care. Reflects current trends in quality assurance in health care. Provides detailed, specific advice on assessing the effectiveness of mental health treatment programs.

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Clinical Audit in Mental Health Towards a Multidisciplinary Approach John Riordan Central Psychology Service, Thorpe Combe Hospital, Walthamstow, UK and Darren Mockler Neuropsychology Department, King’s College Hospital, London, UK Clinical audit is central to current health care reforms. Although the concept of audit is now well accepted, the key challenge is its implementation in different specialities. In the field of mental health care a highly collaborative, team-based approach is essential, and audit practice must take into account the activities of the full range of multidisciplinary professional groups in hospital and community settings. The content of this book reflects the growing need to extend the principles of medical audit to encompass clinical audit in order to meet the demands of purchasers, providers, clinicians, carers and patients. An evaluation of key areas of care such as delivery, timeliness and outcome, with an emphasis on quality, is provided. The approach to clinical audit, here, is essentially practical and case-oriented and this book will appeal to a wide audience including psychiatric services managers, consultant psychiatrists, social services care managers and community care teams, and quality assurance professionals.

Product Details

• Paperback: 182 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471963321
• ISBN-13: 978-0471963325
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,137,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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