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Changes in the use of EEG following clinical audit
1Department of Psychiatry, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, Watford.
The British Journal of Clinical Practice
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
An audit of the clinical use of EEG in mentally handicapped patients was performed over a three-year period. EEG requests seemed inappropriate in more than one-quarter of cases. Changes in clinical practice during the 10 months following presentation of these audit results were examined. There was a marked reduction in EEG requests, which were subsequently used in a more cost-effective and clinically appropriate way. There was also a reduction in the time taken to process requests.