Items for "clinical audit"

Clinical Governance and evidence-based laboratory medicine

Background: Clinical Governance is described as “a framework through which the NHS organisations are accountable to continue to improve the quality of the service and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care would flourish”; it is aimed to ensure continuous improvement in the overall standard of clinical care, ensuring that clinical decisions are based on the most up-to-date evidence in terms of effectiveness.

Methods: If Clinical Governance is a framework through which NHS organisations are accountable to continuously improve the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care, Clinical Effectiveness is a vital part of Clinical Governance...

Keywords: clinical audit, Clinical Governance, Clinical Guidelines, evidence-based laboratory medicine, quality of evidence