Is it time to use checklists in mental health care auditing?
A key strategy for improving the quality of mental health care is the design and implementation of a mechanism for on-site inspection and clinical auditing. We discuss the use of checklists in auditing providing an objective, comprehensive system for recording and analyzing multi-disciplinary, clini...
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| author | Jacob Polackiewicz Alexander Grinshpoon Moshe Z. Abramowitz |
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| description | A key strategy for improving the quality of mental health care is the design and implementation of a mechanism for on-site inspection and clinical auditing. We discuss the use of checklists in auditing providing an objective, comprehensive system for recording and analyzing multi-disciplinary, clinical auditing in mental health services. We believe such an approach can identify potential risks and allow for better decision making. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-449950f27e6e4550912576987682a26f2025-02-03T05:58:01ZengWileyMental Illness2036-74572036-74652011-02-0131e9e910.4081/mi.2011.e9Is it time to use checklists in mental health care auditing?Jacob PolackiewiczAlexander GrinshpoonMoshe Z. AbramowitzA key strategy for improving the quality of mental health care is the design and implementation of a mechanism for on-site inspection and clinical auditing. We discuss the use of checklists in auditing providing an objective, comprehensive system for recording and analyzing multi-disciplinary, clinical auditing in mental health services. We believe such an approach can identify potential risks and allow for better decision making.http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/mi/article/view/2697clinical auditing, quality, patient safety. |
| spellingShingle | Jacob Polackiewicz Alexander Grinshpoon Moshe Z. Abramowitz Is it time to use checklists in mental health care auditing? Mental Illness clinical auditing, quality, patient safety. |
| title | Is it time to use checklists in mental health care auditing? |
| title_full | Is it time to use checklists in mental health care auditing? |
| title_fullStr | Is it time to use checklists in mental health care auditing? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is it time to use checklists in mental health care auditing? |
| title_short | Is it time to use checklists in mental health care auditing? |
| title_sort | is it time to use checklists in mental health care auditing |
| topic | clinical auditing, quality, patient safety. |
| url | http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/mi/article/view/2697 |
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