audit and feedback

The measuring of clinical practice against a target derived from a recommendation by collection and feedback of pooled clinical activity or outcome data. To be effective, feedback of audit results should be made in a timely fashion to the actual decision maker, in a format that will help him or her improve outcomes.

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Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.

Departmental case notes audit: A quality assurance measure in a changing organizational climate

* RESULTS Of the 7 components in the intervention model, prevention facilitators (PFs) visited the practice most often to deliver the audit and feedback, consensus building, and reminder system components.

The main components for creating change are audit and feedback of preventive performance, achieving consensus on a plan for improvement, and implementing a reminder system.

Process Evaluation of a Tailored Multifaceted Approach to Improving Preventive Care

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