MEDICAL AUDIT

• EBEN JEYA ROY*

Abstract

What is Medical Audit? • The word audit means to take into account or to check- medical audit means to account for or to evaluate the performance of those engaged in the care of patients. It is an objective method for applying a yard stick to the quality of physicians performance. It is an analysis of clinical work in a hospital. It is a attempt to asses the quality of care team. Medical audit is not a police action it is an evaluator methodology or tool with an educational value. It is a periodic & systematic evaluation of the quality of medical care on the basics of documentary evidence to support diagnosis. Treatment to justify the utilization of hospital facilities.

Keywords

MEDICAL RECORDS