Health Care

Clinical Audit

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.

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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.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Audit, Clinical
  • Audits, Clinical
  • Clinical Audits

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

general; prefer specifics

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History Note

2008

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  1. N04w.761w.700.250w
  2. N05.700.175w

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W 84.4

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Clinical Audit. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054869. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054869
  2. Clinical Audit. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_audit
  3. Clinical Audit. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5133817