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Time to audit.

L G Smyth1, Z Martin, B Hall

  • 1Department of Surgery, Wexford General Hospital, Wexford, Co Wexford, Ireland. lisa.smyth@ucd.ie

Irish Journal of Medical Science
|September 10, 2011
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Implementing a comprehensive surgical audit system requires significant administrative support, with most time invested by junior doctors and clerical staff, not consultants. This highlights key resource needs for national audit programs.

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Area of Science:

  • Surgical Practice
  • Healthcare Management
  • Medical Auditing

Background:

  • Increasing pressure on surgeons for demonstrated competence assurance.
  • National surgical audit systems in Ireland are underdeveloped due to funding and administrative limitations.
  • Wexford General Hospital utilizes the Lothian Surgical Audit system.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the time commitment required from consultants, non-consultant hospital doctors (NCHDs), and clerical staff for a functional surgical audit.
  • To assess the workload distribution within a surgical team for audit system maintenance.

Main Methods:

  • Data collection over one calendar month for a single surgical team.
  • Tracking time spent on coding and typing procedures (endoscopy, operative).
  • Monitoring time for typing and signing discharge letters.

Main Results:

  • The audit system required 5,168 minutes (86.1 hours) per consultant surgeon per month.
  • Over 50% of the audit workload was handled by administrative staff.
  • Only interns and administrative staff dedicated over 5% of their work week to audit-related tasks.

Conclusions:

  • Comprehensive audit systems demand minimal consultant time but substantial input from junior doctors and administrative staff.
  • National audit implementation costs are primarily linked to software and administrative personnel.
  • The European Working Time Directive may impact NCHD availability for clinical audit participation.