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Morbidity and mortality audits: "How to"for family practice.

Canadian Family Physician February 2005, 51 (2) 234-239;
Mark J Yaffe
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Geeta Gupta
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Susan Still
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Miriam Boillat
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Balbina Russillo
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Benjamin Schiff
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  1. Mark J Yaffe,
  2. Geeta Gupta,
  3. Susan Still,
  4. Miriam Boillat,
  5. Balbina Russillo,
  6. Benjamin Schiff and
  7. Donald Sproule

    Abstract

    PROBLEM BEING ADDRESSED While professions hold their members responsible for self-regulation, many physicians have insufficient information about outcome measures in their practices to judge performance and are inexperienced in performing audits to gather the information they need to judge performance.

    OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM To develop a structure and process to support family doctors with little experience in doing quality improvement studies to conduct morbidity and mortality (M&M) audits.

    PROGRAM DESCRIPTION A family medicine teaching group provides members on a rotating basis to an M&M review committee. The committee meets eight times a year and has done four audits, the most comprehensive on the topic of preventable hospital admissions. Both implicit and explicit criteria were incorporated into decision making. Strengths and limitations of the audit process and practice changes that resulted from the audit are discussed.

    CONCLUSION Morbidity and mortality audits can vary in rigour. To promote physicians' interest in and commitment to audits, factors considered should reflect the goals, needs, skills, and time available of the physicians involved. Practical learning often results from simple projects.

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