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Chapter 61 - Clinical Audit and Risk Management in Gynaecology Practice

from Section 12 - Miscellaneous

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2021

By
Asma Naqi  and
Medha Sule
Edited by
Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona-Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona-Ventura
Affiliation:
University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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Summary

Clinical audit is a process that ensures that healthcare is provided to patients in line with standards set in national and international clinical guidelines. Information from audit informs healthcare providers and patients where the healthcare service is doing well by maintaining standards and shows where further improvement is needed. It is an ongoing process that is repeated once changes have been implemented, ensuring that quality of services is constantly improving and maintained.

Risk management is a process that focuses on improving the quality and safety of healthcare services through a process of identifying the risks and then acting to control and prevent these from happening again. Risk management is an integral part of clinical governance and essential for all healthcare professionals to be aware of.

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clinical auditrisk managementgynaecologyresearchsafety
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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Gynaecology
 , pp. 524 - 528
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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