Evaluating ambulatory care: three approaches.
The article describes three approaches to establishing an ambulatory audit program for nursing. These approaches are variations of a single methodology--that of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals--used by the University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics. The authors discuss three audit topics from ambulatory care; postkidney transplant; desensitization; and well child.
D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000592:standards*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented; D008910:Minnesota; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit / Q000379:methods*; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D012106:Research; D014481:United States