title: [Medical audit: a modern undervalued management tool].
abstract: Medical audit is defined as the critical and periodical assessment of the quality of medical care, through the revision on medical records and hospital statistics. This review defines the work of the medical auditor and shows the fields of action of medical audit, emphasizing its importance and usefulness as a management tool. The authors propose that every hospital should create an audit system, should provide the necessary tools to carry out medical audits and should form an audit committee.
authors.affiliation: Departamento Auditoría Servicio Salud Metropolitano Sur (S.S.M.S.), Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Chile, Hospital de Enfermedades Infecciosas Profesor Dr. Lucio Córdova. gosorios77@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Osorio
authors.forename: Nilda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sayes
authors.forename: Lautaro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Ester
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Araya
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poblete
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000592:standards*