Clinical Governance: An International Journal: Volume 11 Issue 2

Differentiating between research, audit and quality improvement: governance implications

In the context of changes in the priority given to ensuring that health care is evidence‐based, and that service quality should be maximised, there is a new emphasis on quality…

High rate of inappropriate referrals to specialised day case unit for immunisation

Seeks to assess whether referrals for immunisation as day cases are appropriate and to identify any adverse events following hospital‐based immunisation.

Pregnancy‐related care and outcomes for women with Type 1 diabetes in Scotland: A five‐year population‐based audit cycle

To assess pregnancy‐related care and outcomes for women with pre‐gestational, Type 1 diabetes.

Cancellation of urology operations

To establish the reasons for surgical cancellations in a urology department and to provide suggestions for their reduction.

Paediatric surgery fluid management audit (January‐June 2004), John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

To ensure that paediatric surgery patients receive appropriate intravenous fluids post‐operatively.

Structured clinical audits: Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, UK: A response to Collins et al. (2005), “Improving the reporting of clinical audits in the NHS”, Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Vol. 10 No. 3, pp. 190‐5

To audit all the clinical audits conducted by the anaesthetic department at the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, from August 2004 to July 2005 against recommendations…

New frontiers and approaches to clinical governance

Seeks to explore conceptual approaches and training paradigms that are necessary to counter new challenges in the face of new concepts and tools to assess and mitigate threats to…

Resuscitation: turning guidelines into practice

The purpose of this article is to assess important recent guidelines on resuscitation, published in December 2005.

Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems

Pharmaceutical care services: examining effectiveness in improving patient outcomes

Health technology assessment

Long-term outcome of cognitive behaviour therapy clinical trials in central Scotland

Reviews of effectiveness

Physical activity promotion through the mass media

Reducing the amount of blood transfused: behavioural interventions to change physicians’ transfusion practices

Drawing a line between research and audit

A randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness study of systematic screening (targeted and total population screening) versus routine practice for the detection of atrial fibrillation in people aged 65 and over. The SAFE study