Lipomodelling guideline audit

Lipomodelling of the breast: a review.

BACKGROUND Autologous fat transplantation has been used to correct cosmetic deformities in almost all areas of the body. In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in the use of fatty tissue to fill defects resulting from breast conserving surgery (BCS) and asymmetries after reconstructive breast surgery. METHODS A Medline database search was performed, and the published evidenc...

Specialist adult ADHD clinics in East Anglia: service evaluation and audit of NICE guideline compliance†

Aims and method To measure compliance with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommendations in two adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) clinics and to guide further service development. We audited the case notes of 150 patients referred to adult ADHD clinics in East Anglia in 2010-2011 against NICE standards using an adapted version of the ADHD audit sup...

Author ' s response to reviews Audit and Feedback and Clinical Practice Guideline Adherence : Making Feedback Actionable

Use of audit, feedback and education increased guideline implementation in a multidisciplinary stroke unit

Background The audit-feedback cycle is a behaviour change intervention used to reduce evidence-practice gaps. In this study, repeat audits, feedback, education and training were used to change practice and increase compliance with Australian guideline recommendations for stroke rehabilitation. Objective To increase the proportion of patients with stroke receiving best practice screening, asse...

Clinical Guideline Audit and Knowledge Elicitation Using the MDS Tool and Techniques

This paper outlines a study, utilising the MDS methodology and tool to create a knowledge model based on clinical experts’ interpreted knowledge of clinical guidelines. The study demonstrated the elicitation of tacit expert knowledge when the formalised processes of the MDS were applied to model a clinical expert’s interpretation of the knowledge content of a clinical guideline onto the special...