International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 7 Issue 3

Quality of Life as an Indicator of Outcome in the Treatment of Cancer Patients: : The Purchaser Perspectives

Jenny Morris, Alex Watt

Evaluation of treatment can be seen as part of a wider concern tomeasure quality of care, as well as about the need to monitor andimprove the effectiveness of services. Quality of…

Medical Audit and the Role of the Facilitator

Liz Carroll, Mike Thirlwall, Alison Wilson

Describes how the Buckinghamshire Medical Audit Advisory Group haveapproached the introduction of medical audit in primary care. Outlineshow the original facilitator model, which…

Comparative Audit between Hospitals: : The Example of Appendectomy

N.A. Black, L. Moore

How useful are routine, comparative audit systems? To attempt to answerthis question, data from a system in North West Thames were used. Acommon procedure was selected…

Hand‐held Computers in Clinical Audit: : A Comparison with Established Paper and Pencil Methods

Marie Curl, David Robinson

The performance of hand‐held computer terminals was compared with thatof paper and pencil data collection methods. The study was carried outon two wards, with a comparative study…

Care of the Elderly and Occupational Health for Staff in Local Nursing Homes: : Quality Issues

Hannah Patrick, Jennifer Bennett

Describes a questionnaire sent to 11 of the 66 nursing homes in theBrighton Health Authority to compare the quality of care provided. Thesehomes care for 242 patients…

Feedback on Quality: : Patients’ Experience of Surgical Care

Emilie Roberts, Ralph Leavey, David Allen, Graham Gibbs

There is a growing consensus within the NHS of the importance ofobtaining feedback from patients in order to improve the quality ofhealth care; consequently, many patient…