Making Use of Clinical Audit (Health Services Management Series) - Softcover

KOGAN

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335195423 ISBN 13: 9780335195428

Publisher: Open University Press, 1995

Synopsis

* What is clinical audit? What are its components and sequences?
* How can clinical audit be used by health professionals to improve the quality of their service?

Making Use of Clinical Audit is based on a project sponsored by the Department of Health which was undertaken in collaboration with members of professional bodies representing clinical psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy.

It explains to members of the health professions the nature of clinical audit, and how they can use it in order to support them and the organizations in which they work.

The study is based upon fieldwork and discussion in nine health units and with four of the health professions. It will be useful, however, to the whole range of health professions and to those concerned with the introduction of quality assurance outside the health service.

The book is written by members of teams from Brunel University's Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy and Practice and the King's College, University of London, Nursing Research Unit who between them embody expertise in clinical audit and practice, including clinical education and training, and the organization and evaluation of health services.

The book is intended to present both the theoretical and policy backgrounds to clinical audit and to give guidance to those who wish to advance it.

About this title

About the Author

Maurice Kogan is Professor of Government and Social Administration and Joint Director of the Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy and Practice at Brunel University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335195423
• ISBN 13: 9780335195428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192