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Clinical audit. Count the cost.

D Tomalin1, M Renshaw

  • 1Brighton Health Care Trust.

The Health Service Journal
|October 28, 1999
PubMed
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Calculating the cost of clinical audits helps demonstrate value and encourages the implementation of necessary changes. Explicitly tracking expenses and staff time in audits improves cost-benefit analysis and action plan adherence.

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Health Economics
  • Clinical Audit

Background:

  • Clinical audits are essential for quality improvement in healthcare.
  • Quantifying the resources consumed by audits is often overlooked.
  • Brighton Health Care Trust has utilized a cost-tracking system since 1995.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the utility of a system for calculating clinical audit costs.
  • To assess the impact of cost transparency on audit recommendation implementation.
  • To inform cost-benefit analyses of quality improvement initiatives.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of a system to track financial and staff time costs for clinical audits.
  • Data collection on audit expenses and associated staff hours.

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  • Analysis of cost data in relation to audit outcomes and action plan implementation.

    • Main Results:

    • The cost-calculation system has provided valuable data for cost-benefit analysis.
    • Making audit costs explicit has increased the likelihood of implementing agreed-upon changes.
    • The system has been operational since 1995, demonstrating sustained utility.

    Conclusions:

    • Explicitly calculating the costs of clinical audits enhances their value proposition.
    • Cost transparency is a key factor in driving the successful implementation of audit recommendations.
    • This approach supports more effective resource allocation and quality improvement in healthcare settings.