Audit logs are considered good practice for business systems, and are required by federal regulations for secure systems, drug approval data, medical information disclosure, financial records, and electronic voting. Given the central role of audit logs, it is critical that they are correct and inalterable. It is not sufficient to say, “our data is correct, because we store all interactions in a...

An audit was undertaken of time lost from work and reasons given to employers for absence in a group of patients attending a city centre outpatients department. For the audit a Department of Genito-urinary Medicine was selected and 54 patients were interviewed. The time lost by attendance and the reasons given are discussed as are ways of improving medical care through new treatments and altere...

the results of audit provide feedback about the extent of human resources management participation in the realization of the strategic objectives of organization for management. human resource management audit indicates to what extent human resources management performance is in the direction of productivity improvement. the aim of this article is study of different amount of organizational pro...

A postal survey of staff (doctors, nurses, midwives, health visitors, therapy professionals, senior managers and clinical audit staff) was conducted in three English hospital and community healthcare providers. The aim was to assess staff perceptions of the impact of local clinical audit programmes and to investigate differences between staff groups. The questionnaire contained a 24 item opinio...

OBJECTIVE To audit the process of stroke care. DESIGN Retrospective case record evaluation using an audit package designed by the Royal College of Physicians of London. SETTING Institute of Neurology, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo. PATIENTS 263 patients with stroke admitted over a period of 3 years. MEASUREMENTS Documentation of 60 audit items related to 13 aspects of stroke c...

BACKGROUND Expanding clinical teaching opportunities is essential for securing a sustainable health workforce. Although Tasmanian general practitioners (GPs) are keen to provide learning opportunities for medical students, they have identified time pressures due to a need to meet patient service demand and a need for more guidance on effective clinical teaching, as factors impacting their abili...

INTRODUCTION Pro Re Nata (PRN) prescribing in psychiatry is a common and valuable facility to be used in acutely distressed patients. It is open to misuse and PRN prescribing may be unnecessary/inappropriate. AIM The aim of the audit is to ensure safe and effective prescription of PRN medication. AUDIT STANDARDS The standards were set in congruence with the guidance from the local trust pol...

For many reasons acute hospitals appear to be the ideal places to evaluate and develop medical audit in Britain. This is despite the fact that they handle a relatively small and selective proportion of the work load in health care compared with long-term care, general practice, and community health. Most of the pioneering work on audit in North America has focused on hospital care, and many of ...

OBJECTIVE To assess falls prevention practices in Australian hospitals and implement interventions to promote best practice. DESIGN A multi-site audit using eight evidence-based audit criteria. Following a baseline audit, barriers to compliance were identified and targeted. Two follow-up audit cycles assessed the sustainability of practice change. SETTING Nine acute care hospitals around Au...