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Amare H.
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Aim of next 2 days…
The aim is to provide you with the
skills/knowledge to understand the basic
principles of clinical audit
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Objectives:
Identify and explain all stages of the
audit cycle
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Understand about potential data
sources and methods of data
collection
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Why we need clinical audit..
Amare H.
(Health Service Journal, 2008)
2/22/2019
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The Audit Cycle
Identify Obtain guidelines / set
Topic standards
Collect data to
Re- measure
audit current
practice
Impleme
nt action Compare
plan practice
Make
recommendatio with
ns for change standards
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Clinical audit is not just a data collection
exercise:
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Key
Secondly, concerns regarding clinical
care are often identified through other
clinical governance structures.
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SOURCES OF CLINICAL AUDIT
PROJECTS
Publication of conclusive new evidence
about clinically effective healthcare
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Examples audit topics
Have patient history and examination
been properly recorded following
admission?
Publications
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How is research
different
to clinical audit?
Exercise
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IN THE SIMPLEST
TERMS...
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WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
TO KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE…
Research and Clinical Audit projects:
have different purposes, and therefore…
use different methodologies
Research requires ethics approval:
clinical audit does not
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AUDIT CYCLE – Background
Background
What is prompting you to look at this
topic?
Aims
What exactly is the project trying to achieve
What are the overall benefits that you
are trying to achieve?
Objectives
Describes what aspect of quality you
are going to measure to show that your
aims have been met.
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Aim
It should be related to the rationale
behind choosing your audit topic and
should not merely be to ‘count the
number of’ or ‘examine’ but should focus
your audit towards achieving
improvements in practice where
necessary.
-determine -verify -
identify
-describe - assess - compare
– calculate - establish -
explore
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Aspects of clinical audit
Appropriateness – Is the right
treatment being provided to the right
patient?
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Acceptability - Is the treatment
acceptable to the patient? Acceptability
is usually a focus of research or patient
involvement activity, rather than clinical
audit.
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Aims & Objectives for
Pathology Example
Aims
• To improve the quality of completion of
pathology request forms
Objectives
To ensure pathology request forms are
appropriately completed
Identify the gaps/errors in the
information provided
To inform relevant clinicians of the
findings
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AUDIT STANDARDS (Where
are they?)
Does a policy/guideline/standard already
exist (nationally or locally)
if not
Develop your own standards by:-
Contacting other Trusts
Gaining a consensus locally
Write up your own standards or create a
new local guideline
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AUDIT STANDARDS
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JB
AUDIT STANDARDS
Think SMARTER!
Specific
Measurable
Agreed
Realistic
Timely
Evidence based
Relevant {clinically}
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JB
Audit standards
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EXAMPLE AUDIT
STANDARDS
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JB
STANDARDS - IN
SUMMARY
• Your standards are what you will measure to
determine how good practice actually is
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EXERCISE
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CA
Audit Methodology – Audit
Population
Audit Population is the total population that
meets your audit inclusion criteria, within
the audit time frame.
eg. All pathology requests received from
……on the 1
September 09
Consider all available data sources
May be necessary to combine more than
one to “catch” all applicable patients
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CA
Audit Methodology
Sample size
It may not be practical to include every
single patient who meets your inclusion
criteria.
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Prevalence
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Prevalence in Audit (1)
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Prevalence in Audit (2)
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Confidence levels
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Different Sampling Techniques
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JB
Audit Methodology – Data
Collection
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Data Collection – Data
Protection
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Assignment
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Half-time…
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Data Collection – Form
Design
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Compare Data With Standards
(Analysis)
Familiarise yourself with the data
Clean up the data!
If using a spreadsheet, do column
headings make sense?
Check for blanks
Spot-check for data inputting errors or
variations
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CA
Data Analysis
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CA
CHARTS IN EXCEL
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Feeding back the results – key
findings
Focus on key points in your
presentation/summary
Get the message of your audit across to key
staff
Generate discussion and agreement about
changes to practice in light of the audit results
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Data tables
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Visual results..
42%
58%
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Feeding back results - methods
Options:
Forums, Reports, Posters, Meetings, Email –
(a combination of all)
Timeliness of reporting – don’t wait too long
to discuss results and agree actions
Presenter needs to have confidence and
familiarity with project
Helps if presenter is respected / expert
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Basic content of audit
report
Background / Reason for Audit
Aims & Objectives
Standards (include Evidence / References)
Method (how you did the audit)
Results
Conclusions and Recommendations
Action Plan
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Agreeing Actions
Pros and cons of having actions agreed
ahead of presenting results
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Managing Change
The Change Process
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Managing Change
Unfreezing:-
Five approaches to overcome resistance:-
a) Education / communication
b) Participation and involvement
c) Facilitation and support
d) Negotiation and agreement
e) Manipulation / co-option / coercion
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Managing Change
Moving:-
Factors to consider:-
Make staff know what is required.
Provide training and support
Provide adequate resources
Ensure conflict does not arise with
providers or users.
Maintain motivation
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Managing Change
Refreezing:-
A time of consolidation
Recognise and give praise
Learn – as individuals and as a
department
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Managing Change
Understanding your current situation:-
Five tools (a-e) to enable an
understanding of the present situation
and to help plan the next step:-
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b) Environmental Mapping
Identify all elements involved in
change and consider the demands
and responses
c) Commitment Planning
What key people or groups are involved
and how committed are they:-
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Commitment Planning
Level of Commitment:-
Opposing
Neither oppose or support
Will support with time
Will lead and make it happen
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Managing change
To get commitment:-
Praise desirable behaviour
Help to resolve the problem
Provide understanding
Educate and develop
Use peer pressure
Be a role model
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Managing Change
Understanding your current situation:-
a) Force Field Analysis
b) Environmental Mapping
c) Commitment Planning
d) Change Equation
e) Problem Solving
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Based on the assumption that interest in
change is rare unless factors supporting
change are greater than costs.
ie A+B+C>D
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CA
“The most important
part of the audit cycle
is making change”
Baker et al (1999)
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How to confirm
improvements made?
Re-audit
But should be focused on areas where
greatest improvement needed
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How to conduct a re-audit..
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Explain contributing factors why
change in result
Eg different doctors, sampling bias,
change in practice since last audit,
timings
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RE-AUDIT (“Closing the Loop”)
Collect data
Re-audit to measure
current
practice
Implement
action plan
Compare
practice with
Make recommendations standards
for change
Clean floor
Windows / curtains / doors open
No litter/rubbish on the floor
Waste bins available
Safety boxes available
Clean beds / sheets available
Enough space between beds
Soap and water available
Smell nice and clean
No overcrowding / with people
Windows/curtains/doors open √ √ √ X
No litter/rubbish on floor √ √ √ X
Group Assessment
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