1 40 1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Citation List Month Backlog URL Address <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;db=PubMed&amp;dopt=Citation&amp;list_uids=10848367" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;db=PubMed&amp;dopt=Citation&amp;list_uids=10848367</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reviewing audit: barriers and facilitating factors for effective clinical audit Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Quality In Health Care Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Subject The topic of the resource Physician-Patient Relations; Great Britain; Medical Staff; Leadership; Physician's Role; Interprofessional Relations; Patient Satisfaction; Quality of Health Care; Job Satisfaction; Hospitals; MEDLINE; Family Practice; Primary Health Care; Non-U.S. Gov't; Comparative Study; Evaluation Studies; retrospective studies; Databases; Hospital; Support; General; Attitude of Health Personnel; Nursing Audit; Bibliographic; Medical Audit/standards; Medical Records/standards; Partnership Practice Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Johnston G; Crombie IK; Davies HT; Alder EM; Millard A Description An account of the resource OBJECTIVE: To review the literature on the benefits and disadvantages of clinical and medical audit, and to assess the main facilitators and barriers to conducting the audit process. DESIGN: A comprehensive literature review was undertaken through a thorough review of Medline and CINAHL databases using the keywords of "audit", "audit of audits", and "evaluation of audits" and a handsearch of the indexes of relevant journals for key papers. RESULTS: Findings from 93 publications were reviewed. These ranged from single case studies of individual audit projects through retrospective reviews of departmental audit programmes to studies of interface projects between primary and secondary care. The studies reviewed incorporated the experiences of a wide variety of clinicians, from medical consultants to professionals allied to medicine and from those involved in unidisciplinary and multidisciplinary ventures. Perceived benefits of audit included improved communication among colleagues and other professional groups, improved patient care, increased professional satisfaction, and better administration. Some disadvantages of audit were perceived as diminished clinical ownership, fear of litigation, hierarchical and territorial suspicions, and professional isolation. The main barriers to clinical audit can be classified under five main headings. These are lack of resources, lack of expertise or advice in project design and analysis, problems between groups and group members, lack of an overall plan for audit, and organisational impediments. Key facilitating factors to audit were also identified: they included modern medical records systems, effective training, dedicated staff, protected time, structured programmes, and a shared dialogue between purchasers and providers. CONCLUSIONS: Clinical audit can be a valuable assistance to any programme which aims to improve the quality of health care and its delivery. Yet without a coherent strategy aimed at nurturing effective audits, valuable opportunities will be lost. Paying careful attention to the professional attitudes highlighted in this review may help audit to deliver on some of its promise. 2000 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Article information provided for research and reference use only. PedPalASCNET does not hold any rights over the resource listed here. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article 2000 Alder EM Attitude Of Health Personnel Backlog Bibliographic Comparative Study Crombie IK Databases Davies HT Evaluation Studies Family Practice General Great Britain Hospital Hospitals Interprofessional Relations Job Satisfaction Johnston G Journal Article Leadership Medical Audit/standards Medical Records/standards Medical Staff Medline Millard A Non-U.S. Gov't Nursing Audit Partnership Practice Patient Satisfaction Physician-patient Relations Physician's Role Primary Health Care Quality In Health Care Quality Of Health Care Retrospective Studies Support