Developments in Medical Audit in Hospitals in the National Health Service

摘要

The current work on establishing comprehensive medical audit, focusing inparticular on the role of information systems in the development of medical audit, the problems with outcome measurement, the perceived implications of medical audit for clinical freedom and the relationship of the activity to other reforms affecting the NHS (National Health Service, United Kingdom), is reviewed. In addition to a comprehensive review of the literature on medical audit, the study involved interviews with clinicians and management staffs.