Medical Audit

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 8 steps to a chart audit for quality. 
  • A group randomized trial to improve safe use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. 
  • A multimethod quality improvement intervention to improve preventive cardiovascular care: a cluster randomized trial. 
  • A randomized trial of computer-based reminders and audit and feedback to improve HIV screening in a primary care setting. 
  • A sequential chart for the audit-based evaluation of screening mammogram interpretation. 
  • An audit of the impact of implementation of a stroke care pathway in an acute teaching hospital. 
  • Anaesthetic management of epidermolysis bullosa. 
  • Are physicians aware of which of their patients have indwelling urinary catheters? 
  • Association between somatic growth trajectory and cognitive functioning in young children with sickle cell disease. 
  • Blood cultures and antibiotic use in a neonatal intensive care unit. 
  • Caregiver psychological distress as a barrier to influenza vaccination among community-dwelling elderly with dementia. 
  • Changing physician behavior: a review of patient safety in critical care medicine. 
  • Clinical decision-making about inpatient violence risk at admission to a public-sector acute psychiatric hospital. 
  • Clinical decisions surrounding genomic and proteomic testing among United States veterans treated for lung cancer within the Veterans Health Administration. 
  • Continuing medication and hospitalization outcomes after assisted outpatient treatment in New York. 
  • Cumulative CT exposures in emergency department patients evaluated for suspected renal colic. 
  • Demographics, stone characteristic, and treatment of urinary calculi at the 47th Combat Support Hospital during the first 6 months of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
  • Developing systems for cost-effective auditing of clinical trials. 
  • Do terminally ill people who live alone miss out on home oxygen treatment? An hypothesis generating study. 
  • Electronically distributed, computer-generated, individualized feedback enhances the use of a computerized practice guideline. 
  • Endoscopic compartment release for chronic exertional compartment syndrome: surgical technique and results. 
  • Guidelines for perioperative care in elective rectal/pelvic surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS(®)) Society recommendations. 
  • Guidelines for quality assurance in multicenter trials: a position paper. 
  • Hospital credentialing for laparoscopic cholecystectomy: is stricter better? 
  • Hypertension control in a rural southern community: medical care process and dropping out. 
  • Impact of education on cephalosporin prescribing patterns. 
  • Improved surgeon performance in clinical trials: an analysis of quality assurance audits from the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group. 
  • Improving Timely Resident Follow-Up and Communication of Results in Ambulatory Clinics Utilizing a Web-Based Audit and Feedback Module. 
  • Improving management of asthma: closing the loop or progressing along the audit spiral? 
  • Intrahospital Transport of the Critically Ill Adult: A Standardized Evaluation Plan. 
  • Is a third-trimester antibody screen in Rh+ women necessary? 
  • Is routine retinal examination useful in patients with acute ischemic stroke? 
  • Isolated subtalar arthrodesis. 
  • Local interaction strategies and capacity for better care in nursing homes: a multiple case study. 
  • Management of asthma in hospital: a prospective audit. 
  • Measuring the process of preventive service delivery in primary care practices for children. 
  • Pediatric tracheostomies: a recent experience from one academic center. 
  • Postoperative pain management in preverbal children: the prescription and administration of analgesics with and without caudal analgesia. 
  • Prevention and treatment of childhood obesity: care received by a state medicaid population. 
  • Public reporting of cardiac surgery performance: Part 2--implementation. 
  • Quality of anticoagulation management among patients with atrial fibrillation: results of a review of medical records from 2 communities. 
  • Results of a randomized controlled trial of intervention to implement smoking guidelines in Veterans Affairs medical centers: increased use of medications without cessation benefit. 
  • Risk of fever and sepsis evaluations after routine immunizations in the neonatal intensive care unit. 
  • Self-reported health and physician diagnosed illnesses in women with posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder. 
  • Stroke care: a method for measuring compliance with AHCPR guidelines. 
  • The Cervix Cancer Research Network: A Global Outreach Effort on Behalf of the Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup. 
  • The National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Data Quality Brief: the NCDR Data Quality Program in 2012. 
  • The audit process and how to ensure a successful audit. 
  • The cost of auditing outpatient records. 
  • The effect of audit and feedback on immunization delivery: a systematic review. 
  • The effect of dementia on outcomes and process of care for Medicare beneficiaries admitted with acute myocardial infarction. 
  • The relationship between malpractice claims history and subsequent obstetric care. 
  • The return of tourniquets. Original research evaluates the effectiveness of prehospital tourniquets for civilian penetrating extremity injuries. 
  • The unit of analysis error in studies about physicians' patient care behavior. 
  • Thirty-day postoperative death rate at an academic medical center. 
  • Time of day effects on the incidence of anesthetic adverse events. 
  • Transfusion in critical care - a UK regional audit of current practice. 
  • Unexpected abrupt increase in left ventricular assist device thrombosis. 
  • Variability in resource use: diagnosing colorectal cancer. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery