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Clinical audit — is a process that has been defined as a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes through systematic review of care against explicit criteria and the implementation of change .[1] The key component of clinical… … Wikipedia
clinical audit — a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes through systematic review. Aspects of the structure, processes, and outcomes of care are selected and systematically evaluated against explicit criteria. Where… … The new mediacal dictionary
Clinical governance — is the term used to describe a systematic approach to maintaining and improving the quality of patient care within a health system. The term became widely used in health care following the Bristol heart scandal in 1995, during which anaesthetist… … Wikipedia
Audit (disambiguation) — Audit may refer to:*Audit an evaluation of an organization, system, process, project or product * Auditor of a Student Society, especially in Ireland, having a similar etymology. *Academic audit the completion of a course of study for which no… … Wikipedia
audit — An independent review of an asset, liability, activity, organization, or set of *financial statements. Audits are usually performed to support or refute defined *audit objectives, and normally result in an *audit opinion on the matter under… … Auditor's dictionary
clinical governance — the framework through which the NHS aims to deliver high quality services within a safe system, with continuous efforts for service improvement. Introduced in 1998, clinical governance emphasizes the concept of accountability: organizations,… … The new mediacal dictionary
audit — n.; see clinical audit … The new mediacal dictionary
Clinical peer review — is the process by which health care professionals evaluate each other’s clinical performance. Clinical peer review is segmented by discipline. No inter disciplinary models for clinical peer review have been described. Physician Peer Review is… … Wikipedia
Clinical trial — Clinical trials are a set of procedures in medical research and drug development that are conducted to allow safety (or more specifically, information about adverse drug reactions and adverse effects of other treatments) and efficacy data to be… … Wikipedia
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium — (CDISC) is a non profit organization, whose mission is to develop and support global, platform independent data standards that enable information system interoperability to improve medical research and related areas of health care . Their main… … Wikipedia
