Audit of Head Injury Management in Accident and Emergency at Two Hospitals: Implications for NICE CT Guidelines
- Topics:
- Healthcare Services
- Tags:
- Accident,
- Audit,
- BioMed Central,
- Finance,
- Financial Accounting,
- Hospital,
- Human Resources,
- Policies And Procedures
- Source:
- BioMed Central
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Overview: This white paper study audits the process of the management of patients with head injury presenting at Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments and examines the impact upon resources of introducing NICE guidelines for eligibility of a CT scan. The paper also reveals that the majority of patients who present with a head injury to Accident and Emergency departments are discharged home. Current assessment processes and associated data collection routines do not provide the information necessary to implement NICE guidelines for CT brain scans. The development of such clinical audit systems in a busy A&E department is likely to require considerable investment in technology and/or staff.
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Format: PDF | Size: 250KB | Date: May 2004 | Pages: 6
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