EXTERNAL AUDIT OF HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS AS A FACILITATOR OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTHCARE
Audit of quality of healthcare in healthcare organisations is described. Advantages of external audit are stressed in connection with development of management of a system of total quality. It is explicitly stated that audit of a healthcare organisation is focused on compliance with published standa...
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Slovenian Medical Association
2002-12-01
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| author | Andrej Robida |
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| description | Audit of quality of healthcare in healthcare organisations is described. Advantages of external audit are stressed in connection with development of management of a system of total quality. It is explicitly stated that audit of a healthcare organisation is focused on compliance with published standards and not on individual professionals or educational and training facilities. The importance of generic standards of healthcare is emphasized. A description of external audit in some other countries and plans for Slovenia is given.<br /><br /> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a66b706e70ea49469efd7fb33e5c4b642022-12-22T00:11:53ZengSlovenian Medical AssociationZdravniški Vestnik1318-03471581-02242002-12-0171121191EXTERNAL AUDIT OF HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS AS A FACILITATOR OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTHCAREAndrej Robida0Ministrstvo za zdravje Republike Slovenije Štefanova 5 1000 LjubljanaAudit of quality of healthcare in healthcare organisations is described. Advantages of external audit are stressed in connection with development of management of a system of total quality. It is explicitly stated that audit of a healthcare organisation is focused on compliance with published standards and not on individual professionals or educational and training facilities. The importance of generic standards of healthcare is emphasized. A description of external audit in some other countries and plans for Slovenia is given.<br /><br />http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/1656external auditquality of healthcarehealthcare organisationsgeneric standardsclinical outcomes |
| spellingShingle | Andrej Robida EXTERNAL AUDIT OF HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS AS A FACILITATOR OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTHCARE Zdravniški Vestnik external audit quality of healthcare healthcare organisations generic standards clinical outcomes |
| title | EXTERNAL AUDIT OF HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS AS A FACILITATOR OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTHCARE |
| title_full | EXTERNAL AUDIT OF HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS AS A FACILITATOR OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTHCARE |
| title_fullStr | EXTERNAL AUDIT OF HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS AS A FACILITATOR OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTHCARE |
| title_full_unstemmed | EXTERNAL AUDIT OF HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS AS A FACILITATOR OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTHCARE |
| title_short | EXTERNAL AUDIT OF HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS AS A FACILITATOR OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTHCARE |
| title_sort | external audit of healthcare organisations as a facilitator of quality improvement in healthcare |
| topic | external audit quality of healthcare healthcare organisations generic standards clinical outcomes |
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