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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
Summary
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.
- 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.