The evaluation of current clinical practice, examination of records, etc., undertaken to monitor standards of patient care, diagnostic accuracy, etc., in hospitals and other medical establishments.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Journal of the American Medical Association.
Definition of medical audit in US English:
medical audit
noun
The evaluation of current clinical practice, examination of records, etc., undertaken to monitor standards of patient care, diagnostic accuracy, etc., in hospitals and other medical establishments.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Journal of the American Medical Association.