title: Are clinical audits enough to bring about improvement in overall health care delivery?
abstract: This study was conducted to explore the entire spectrum of initiatives that have evolved globally over time in health care delivery mechanisms. The quality improvement initiatives that have been reviewed were undertaken at the department of radiology at a tertiary care teaching hospital in the developing world. This article reveals that conducting only clinical audits is not enough to bring about improvements in the health care delivery processes. It also illustrates examples of other initiatives that combine to enable sustainable, safe and high quality health care services for the patients whom we serve.
authors.forename: Amin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajani
authors.forename: Syed M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sohail
mesh_terms: D054869:Clinical Audit; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010154:Pakistan; D061214:Patient Safety; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*