Implementing Change with Clinical Audit [Paperback]

Richard Baker (Editor), Hilary M. Hearnshaw (Editor), Noelle Robertson (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471982571 | ISBN-13: 978-0471982579 | Publication Date: February 3, 1999 | Edition: 1

Clinical audit, the systematic critical analysis of medical care, receives comprehensive and illuminating treatment in this definitive introduction. The authors cover all the knowledge and skills required to implement change in clinical practices based on results of the multiprofessional clinical audit. Discussing various designs for audit projects as well as specific methods of data collection and analysis, the book uses real-world case studies to demonstrate each technique's effectiveness.

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Throughout the developed world, clinical audit has played a pivotal role in improving the quality of health care. This volume provides both valuable information and practical suggestions about how clinical audit can be used to implement change and sets them in context with case studies. In doing this, it:

• Introduces a systematic approach for implementing change in audit
• Explores the similarities between audit and learning
• Discusses multidisciplinary audit between primary and secondary care
• Draws on behavioural and organisational factors
• Describes the practical use of marketing techniques

Implementing Change with Clinical Audit is essential reading for all audit staff, health care managers, policy makers and staff involved in clinical governance, and practising clinicians.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (February 3, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471982571
• ISBN-13: 978-0471982579
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,717,543 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)