A set of tools for medical audit

This site will provide clinicians with tools which will enable clinicians to audit their patient management. Audit results are displayed in anonymous manner, in the format of a benchmark - both compared with others and also showing personal change over time.

This system has been developed by Dr Mark L Levy, who has had nearly 30 years of participating in and designing medical audits.

The first module is the Unscheduled attendance at general practice surgeries for asthma episodes (UNSAFE) Audit and is based upon the GINA (www.ginasthma.org) guidelines for asthma care, and the indicators enable clinicians to assess their adherence to guidelines. Participants will be provided with a detailed audit report after entering each batch of 10 patients.

Participation in this first audit is free of charge and was developed through generous grants from Brent Primary Care Trust in London and Asthma UK.

Other audits will follow, to include other disciplines in General Practice. This system should be of benefit to individual practitioners, and the reports, if included as part of a professional Personal Development Plan, could provide evidence of medical audit (and action taken as a result) for the purpose of annual appraisal and revalidation requirements in the future. Commissioning bodies and providers could also benefit from the process, by completing repeated audit cycles (ie data collection, evaluation of reprorts, intervention and re-audit) through reduction in unplanned hospital referral and admission.