Audit in Practice: A Clinician’s Guide to Setting up Audit
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Audit is the process used by health professionals to assess, evaluate and improve the care of patients in a systematic way in order to enhance their health and quality of life. There are many different ways of conducting medical audit and it carries a great benefit to practice such as improving efficiency and clinical error, demonstrating a good care, stimulating education and promoting higher standards of hospital and community care for patients.
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