Clinical audit and EPI info. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Antony Stewart and Jammi N. Rao ; foreword by Richard Baker.
• Authors: Stewart, Antony, 1961-; Rao, Jammi N
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Clinical governance; Clinical governance and the central role of clinical audit; The role of clinical audit as a component of clinical governance; The PDSA cycle; 2 Clinical audit; What is clinical audit?; The audit cycle made easy; The audit protocol; What can be audited -- and in what ways?; Clinical guidelines; Clinically effective practice; Audit and research; Patient satisfaction audit and questionnaire design; Significant event audit; Focus groups; Where will I find the time to do audit? Getting help with audit in the UKTwelve golden rules for successful audit; Fears, confidentiality and blame; Interfacing primary and secondary care audit; Introducing change; Audit terminology; 3 Searching for evidence; 4 Introduction to Epi Info; What is Epi Info?; How Epi Info can help with clinical audit; Summary of programs included in Epi Info v6.04; Facts about Epi Info; Installing Epi Info v6.04d on your computer; EPED; CHECK; ENTER; ANALYSIS; 5 Basic tutorial exercises in Epi Info; Patient satisfaction audit; 6 Some advanced analysis features of Epi Info Converting dates of birth into age valuesCreating age bands; Calculating BMI; The IF . . . THEN command; Operators for calculated fields; Some other ANALYSIS commands; Saving SET commands; Saving an analysis; Solving printing problems; Saving analysis output as a text file; Exporting and importing files; 7 Basic statistics in Epi Info; Defining statistics; Types of data; Statistics shown in Epi Info tables; Inferential statistics in Epi Info; 8 Using Epi Info for sampling and calculating sample sizes; Random and non-random sampling; Sample size; More on selecting patients for the audit Examples9 Epi Info advanced tutorial; 10 Example audit protocols; Audit of diabetes in primary care; Audit of angina management in primary care; 11 Using an audit protocol as a template for your own audit; References; Bibliography; Summary of Epi Info function keys; Index
• Publisher Details: Boca, Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 362.1068; Medical audit; Medical audit -- Data processing; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315344393; 1315344394
• Related ISBNs: 9781138443822
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed Decmeber 21, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.