title: A Novel early pregnancy assessment unit/Gynaecology assessment unit dashboard: An experience from a UK district general hospital.
abstract: The establishment of early pregnancy assessment units (EPAUs)/Gynaecology assessment units (GAUs) started more than 20 years ago in the UK to decrease hospital admissions of patients with early pregnancy problems. However, there are still wide variations in the quality of services provided by these units. The objective of this study was to create a method that can be used for continuous assessment of these units on a regular basis. We designed a dashboard covering all aspects of EPAU/GAU activities depending upon the early pregnancy unit association guidelines, and the department of health data and statistics. The EPAU/GAU dashboard has been used successfully in the early assessment pregnancy unit of Yeovil District hospital for few years and is still implemented until now. It is an excellent tool for continuous audit. It is a simple method that should be adopted by different EPAUs/GAUs for their objective assessment in order to improve the services provided by these units.
authors.affiliation: a Yeovil District Hospital , Yeovil , UK.|b Ain Shams University Hospitals , Cairo , Egypt.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wahba
authors.affiliation: a Yeovil District Hospital , Yeovil , UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: a Yeovil District Hospital , Yeovil , UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: b Ain Shams University Hospitals , Cairo , Egypt.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hosni
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D005260:Female; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012984:Software; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: dashboard; early pregnancy assessment unit; gynaecology assessment unit