Clinical Audit

"Clinical Audit" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A detailed review and evaluation of selected clinical records by qualified professional personnel to improve the quality of patient care and outcomes. The clinical audit was formally introduced in 1993 into the United Kingdom's National Health Service.

Descriptor ID

D054869

MeSH Number(s)

N04.761.700.250

N05.700.175

Concept/Terms

Clinical Audit

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Clinical Audit".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Quality of Health Care [N04.761]
Quality Assurance, Health Care [N04.761.700]
Clinical Audit [N04.761.700.250]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality Assurance, Health Care [N05.700]
Clinical Audit [N05.700.175]

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publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Clinical Audit" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Clinical Audit" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 20 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2013 and 2018 and 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2009	0	2	2
2010	1	0	1
2011	2	0	2
2012	1	0	1
2013	1	2	3
2014	2	0	2
2018	0	3	3
2019	1	2	3
2020	0	2	2
2021	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Clinical Audit" by people in Profiles.

Do the 'Eyes' have it? How good are surgeons at identifying appendicitis macroscopically? A retrospective study in NewZealand. N Z Med J. 2021 03 12; 134(1531):55-62.

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Minimizing Radiation Dose Outliers Through Systematic Analysis, Computed Tomography Technologist Education, and Standardized System Solutions. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2021 Jan-Feb 01; 45(1):78-83.

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Stemming the Tide of COVID-19 Infections in Massachusetts Nursing Homes. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 11; 68(11):2447-2453.

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Compliance of hand written transfusion requisition form and improvement after online request - a clinical audit. J Pak Med Assoc. 2020 Apr; 70(4):694-698.

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Primary Palliative Care for Emergency Medicine (PRIM-ER): Protocol for a Pragmatic, Cluster-Randomised, Stepped Wedge Design to Test the Effectiveness of Primary Palliative Care Education, Training and Technical Support for Emergency Medicine. BMJ Open. 2019 07 27; 9(7):e030099.

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Ten Years of Data Verification: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Audits. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2019 07; 10(4):454-463.

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Appropriateness of psychotropic drug prescriptions in the elderly: structuring tools based on data extracted from the hospital information system to understand physician practices. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Apr 30; 19(1):272.

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Audit of Early Mortality among Patients Admitted to the General Medical Ward at a District Hospital in Botswana. Ann Glob Health. 2019 03 04; 85(1).

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Reducing Healthcare-associated Infections in Neonates by Standardizing and Improving Compliance to Aseptic Non-touch Techniques: A Quality Improvement Approach. Indian Pediatr. 2018 Sep 15; 55(9):748-752.

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Exploring Antidepressant Adherence at a Student-Run Free Mental Health Clinic. Community Ment Health J. 2019 01; 55(1):57-62.

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