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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Clinical Audit"”.
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A Clinical audit of the transgender unit at Groote Schuur hospital
… and legal services. Objectives This clinical audit aimed to gain a clearer understanding of the service and areas within the service which could be improved. To this end the general compliance of the clinical services of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) as recommended by the World …
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An information based approach to clinical audit in the UK National Health Service
… of quality improvement through the process of Clinical Audit. This thesis proposes that the practice of Clinical Audit is often not resulting in an improvement in the quality of patient care. It suggests that this is due to many audit projects not completing the audit cycle. This failure to …
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The use of clinical audit cycle for improvement in Abu Dhabi health service company “SEHA”
Purpose: A clinical audit is a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes through a systematic review of care against explicit criteria and the implementation of change. Although much important work has been documented regarding Clinical Audit, several questions …
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The development of a retrospective neonatal clinical audit tool for transfers: a modified delphi study
… teams. There is currently no standardised clinical audit tool to assess the risks and clinical quality of care provided during neonatal retrieval. An established clinical audit tool that could be used in further research to establish the safety of neonatal transfers in the South African …
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Anesthesia care task sharing a clinical audit for the anesthesia care provided by anesthesia technologists in Wad Medani,Central Sudan
… was a three-month cross-sectional observational clinical audit of anaesthetic services at four Gezira State Ministry of Health tertiary referral hospitals and included a number of 1559 patients. Data was gathered to describe the perioperative anaesthetic care tasks provided to surgical patients …
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Can clinical audit, an intervention to influence medical practice, improve the diagnosis of smear negative tuberculosis in three Latin American countries?
BACKGROUND Clinical audit is an intervention designed to improve the quality of clinical care. Although well established in high income countries, there is little research evidence for its effectiveness in resource poor settings. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES I aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of clinical …
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A clinical audit of the management of ADHD in children and adolescents and comparison between two treatment sites in Cape Town
… can be challenging. To assess compliance, clinical audits for ADHD management have been conducted in higher income countries, but, to our knowledge, there have been no such audits in sub-Saharan Africa. Here we performed a clinical audit of ADHD assessment and treatment and compared …
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An evaluation of the clinical audit of diabetes management at community health centres in the metro district of the Western Cape Province
… been an increase in the performance of diabetic clinical processes.
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A clinical audit on the quality of care and the outcome of patients with pregnancy induced hypertension within a primary-secondary care pathway: the Wesfleur-New Somerset Hospital Axis, Cape Town, South Africa.
… facilities. Methods: This was a retrospective clinical audit of medical records of patients diagnosed with PIH. It was conducted in the Wesfleur -New Somerset Hospital drainage area, using a locally validated data extraction tool, based on the South African Maternal Care Guidelines. The data …
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Patients’ and health professionals’ experience with home parenteral therapy
… This was a mixed method study, which included a clinical audit, qualitative patient interviews regarding their experiences with training prior to commencing HPT, followed by patient and HCP surveys, then finally the development of an example education pathway. Results: A clinical audit of records …
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Psychological factors and physical outcomes in patients with chronic diseases of lifestyle
… the CLI experience. These included an initial clinical audit of 308 patients commencing and completing a twelve week CLI programme to test associations of psychological, demographic, medical and diagnostic factors with physical outcomes. Two qualitative studies were subsequently conducted to …
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Clinical outcomes in patients with paracetamol ingestion treated with a two-bag n-acetylcysteine regimen in the emergency centre of khayelitsha hospital
… The aim of the study was to describe the clinical outcomes in patients with a history of paracetamol ingestion who were treated with the two-bag NAC regimen. A descriptive comparison to a historical cohort of patients treated with the three-bag NAC regimen was also made. Methods: A …
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The use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in the treatment of psychiatric conditions at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital in Cape Town. A retrospective audit
… practice. The aim of the study was to perform a clinical audit of the ECT service at Valkenberg Hospital by investigating the prevalence, demographics, diagnoses, indications and outcomes of patient's medical folders receiving ECT. Methods: This study utilized a retrospective cohort quantitative …
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Participatory action research to improve physical health care within a crisis resolution home treatment service
… been researched. It hadbeen reported via clinical audit that physical health interventions were being missedand by means of an action research group (ARG) an inter-professional approach wasused through which co-researchers were facilitated to discuss and explore the issue.The origins and …
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Perceptions on the development and implementation of a care pathway for people with schizophrenia
… in initiatives such as'general management and clinical audit. Methods have developed,such as a care pathway to control the way care is delivered along planned treatment trajectories. In this qualitative study the researcher explored h ow respondent so n a psychiatric ward and community team …
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Non-elective caesarean sections in the Khomas Region, Namibia: implications for midwifery practice
… was a retrospective, descriptive quantitative, clinical audit. The purpose was to identify the reasons for non-elective CS in two hospitals namely, the Windhoek Central hospital and Intermediate Katutura hospital, and the implications for Midwifery clinical practice. The research question was: …
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Investigating the role of HLA class I derived peptide in alloreactivity.
… role in the alloresponses, within the context of clinical transplantation.This research describes the creation of a database of HLA class I derived peptides predicted to bind to HLA-A*02 molecules, and then utilises this database to identify HLA class I derived peptides which are bound by the …
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Social cognition in epilepsy
… thesis, may prove to be a useful and inexpensive clinical resource to help identify PWE who are at risk of reduced social competence, and in localising the site of seizure foci in patients during clinical audit, particularly where anterior foci are suspected.
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The use of CAD CAM For Fixed Partial Prostheses
… addition to the laboratory studies, a clinical audit was carried out to assess satisfaction (dentist, dental technician and patient) with zirconia based restorations (through a series of questionnaires) made and fitted at Dundee Dental Hospital and School. In addition, as part of this …
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Population-based genotype-phenotype correlation to stratify incident cases of motor neurone disease in Scotland from 2015-2017
… healthcare system. METHODS: I helped to develop Clinical Audit Research and Evaluation of MND (CARE-MND), an evolution of the established Scottish MND Register. CARE-MND is a national electronic platform for prospective, longitudinal monitoring of MND in Scotland. All people with MND (pwMND) …
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