Confidentiality in medical audit.

AIDS and medical confidentiality.

In summary, I have argued that the arguments offered or hinted at in favour of doctors' breaking medical confidentiality by passing on information about their patients' HIV state to others, including other doctors, when this is against the patient's considered wishes are generally unconvincing. Although in highly exceptional cases there may be justifications for overriding confidentiality, the ...

Do Audit Confidentiality and Immunity Laws Encourage Environmental Improvement ?

Medical audit in general practice.

Increasing interest is being shown in the standards of medical care in general practice. The method of measuring these standards, known as medical audit, is discussed in relation to general practice in Great Britain.

Medical audit in clinical pathology.

Introduction There are now many definitions of medical audit, varying from that of Working Paper 6, through those of various authors on the topic, to that of a lay member of our health authority who commented that "medical audit is asking the questions the patient would ask if they knew what questions to ask". From these definitions certain key attributes of medical audit may be gleaned. First,...

Evaluation of medical audit.

OBJECTIVE To review current knowledge of the effectiveness of medical audit programmes as a whole and of specific interventions within these programmes, as a means of changing clinical behaviour. CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION OF PUBLISHED REPORTS: Articles listed on Medline from 1985-92 with key words "quality assurance" or "medical audit", and "evaluation" and relevant references from t...