The development of regional nuclear medicine audit in south Thames
| Autor: | R. Burwood, M. Buxton-Thomas, T. Nunan, J. Craig, S. E.M. Clarke, Forbes F |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Regional nuclear medicine
Clinical audit medicine.medical_specialty Quality Assurance Health Care Health Personnel Guidelines as Topic Audit Job Satisfaction Patient satisfaction health services administration Lung imaging medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Confidentiality Societies Medical Liver imaging Medical Audit business.industry General Medicine humanities England Patient Satisfaction Family medicine Job satisfaction Management Audit Nuclear Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear medicine communications. 18(8) |
| ISSN: | 0143-3636 |
| Popis: | A programme of audit, including clinical audit, organizational audit and patient/clinician satisfaction surveys, has been implemented in nuclear medicine departments throughout the South Thames Regional Health Authority (RHA). The clinical topics which have been audited include. ventilation-perfusion lung imaging, bone imaging, liver imaging, thyroid imaging and renal static DMSA imaging. Guidelines have been set for nuclear medicine practice in each of these areas against which further audit can be performed. Organizational audits have been performed in 10 nuclear medicine departments in the South Thames RHA and a confidential report supplied to the head of each department, consisting of findings and recommendations. A programme of re-audit has also commenced. The main findings have been a lack of facilities and space. Patient satisfaction surveys have been implemented in nine departments and a high level of patient satisfaction has been demonstrated. A clinical satisfaction survey has been implemented in 13 departments. It is hoped to continue this successful programme of audit to improve nuclear medicine practice by closing audit loops. |
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