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Improving monitoring for metabolic syndrome using audit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Alan Murtagh ,
Radu Petrovici ,
Wendy Wong ,
Curtis Obadan ,
Olufemi Solanke ,
Emmanuel Nnabuchi  and
Kevin Kilbride
Alan Murtagh
Affiliation:
HSE Northern Area, St. Brendan's Hospital, Dublin
Radu Petrovici
Affiliation:
HSE Northern Area, St. Brendan's Hospital, Dublin
Wendy Wong
Affiliation:
St Patrick's Hospital, Dublin
Curtis Obadan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Our Lady's Hospital, Navan
Olufemi Solanke
Affiliation:
Community Drug & Alcohol Services, Worthing, East Sussex
Emmanuel Nnabuchi
Affiliation:
HSE Northern Area, St. Brendan's Hospital, Dublin
Kevin Kilbride*
Affiliation:
HSE Northern Area, St. Brendan's Hospital, Dublin 7
*
*Correspondence Email: kevin.kilbride1@hse.ie
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Audit has been defined as “a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcome, through systematic review of care and comparison with explicit criteria, followed by the implementation of change”. As of May 2011, under the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, doctors are legally obliged to join in professional competence schemes, following requirements set by the Medical Council. These include the obligation for doctors to conduct one clinical audit per year. In Ireland and elsewhere, audit provides an opportunity for services to create an “environment in which clinical care will flourish”.

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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. i - iv
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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