Trauma audit is commonly focused using a Pre-Chart to illustrate calculations made using the TRISS model. A line is drawn at Ps = 0.5 to divide expected survivors and nonsurvivors. The use of this cut-off in a severel...
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Trauma audit is commonly focused using a Pre-Chart to illustrate calculations made using the TRISS model. A line is drawn at Ps = 0.5 to divide expected survivors and nonsurvivors. The use of this cut-off in a severely injured population was examined. The 'M statistic' for a group of injured patients selectively triaged to a Trauma Centre was calculated. The ideal cut-off point between predicted outcomes when using the TRISS model to focus trauma audit in this population was determined using a Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. For this population the TRISS 'M statistic' was 0.71 (indicating a significantly different case mix from the reference database) and the best cut-off point was at Ps = 0.76. Trauma audit in populations with a case mix of injury severity different from the reference database should use a different Ps line to define unexpected outcomes. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Working for patients has necessitated the use of medical audit as a quality assurance tool. This paper presents an overview of the form and content of audit, and examines the supporting role of the library. It notes t...
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Working for patients has necessitated the use of medical audit as a quality assurance tool. This paper presents an overview of the form and content of audit, and examines the supporting role of the library. It notes the failure of many Regional Medical Audit Implementation Plans to recognize the value of library services, and proposes a strategy to enable librarians to play an active part in the process, and by doing so to increase awareness of library services and improve decision making.
This article explores how clinical governance can and will impact on tissue viability specialists. It highlights the principles of governance and what it means for healthcare organizations, and the different processes...
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This article explores how clinical governance can and will impact on tissue viability specialists. It highlights the principles of governance and what it means for healthcare organizations, and the different processes of application, including responsibilities, that will be adopted. The dimensions of clinical governance have been applied to the quality of care expected and given by staff as well as ways of assessing performance and ensuring that quality is everybody's business. It is up to us all as healthcare practitioners to ensure that we keep professionally up-to-date, enhance our education, research and development, and have a mechanism for monitoring and safeguarding our performance. The paper should promote discussion and provide food for thought regarding the application and full utilization of clinical governance.
A high standard of medical practice is a prerequisite of good medical care and clinical governance is the means for ensuring that a high standard is maintained. In February of this year the College issued the followin...
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A high standard of medical practice is a prerequisite of good medical care and clinical governance is the means for ensuring that a high standard is maintained. In February of this year the College issued the following report to its Fellows and Members. The report states unequivocally the College's position on clinical governance and self-regulation and what it expects of individual physicians and their employers in implementing them. Some of the proposals have already been acted upon and are set in train;others will require additional resources and the commitment of the Department of Health and the Trusts.
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