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[Medical audit: a modern undervalued management tool].

Guido Osorio1, Nilda Sayes, Lautaro Fernández

  • 1Departamento Auditoría Servicio Salud Metropolitano Sur (S.S.M.S.), Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Chile, Hospital de Enfermedades Infecciosas Profesor Dr. Lucio Córdova. gosorios77@hotmail.com

Revista Medica De Chile
|April 27, 2002
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Medical audit involves critically assessing healthcare quality using medical records and statistics. Hospitals should establish audit systems, provide tools, and form committees to improve care management.

Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Quality Improvement
  • Medical Informatics

Context:

  • Medical audit is a systematic review of healthcare quality.
  • It involves analyzing medical records and hospital statistics.
  • This process is crucial for evaluating the standard of care provided.

Purpose:

  • To define the role and scope of medical auditors.
  • To highlight the significance of medical audit as a management tool.
  • To advocate for the implementation of structured audit processes in healthcare settings.

Summary:

  • Medical audit is the critical, periodic assessment of healthcare quality via medical records and statistics.
  • This review details the medical auditor's responsibilities and the applications of medical audit.

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  • It emphasizes audit's value in healthcare management.

    • Impact:

    • Recommends establishing hospital audit systems.
    • Stresses the need for adequate tools for conducting audits.
    • Proposes the formation of dedicated audit committees for enhanced oversight.