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Utilising The Clinical Excellence Commission’S Performance Indicators For Quality Use Of Medicines, Jed S. Duff
Utilising The Clinical Excellence Commission’S Performance Indicators For Quality Use Of Medicines, Jed S. Duff
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Like other aspects of health care, Quality Use of Medicine (QUM) can be considered in terms of structures, processes and outcomes. These components of QUM can be measured with performance indicators. This poster describes the Clinical Excellence Commissions (CEC) new performance indicators and their use in a warfarin practice improvement project.
Aim: - To measure performance indicators in order to; Comprehensively audit warfarin therapy.
- Benchmarking current practices.
- Identify opportunities for practice improvement.
- Measure practice change>
Method: Auditing structures, processes, and outcomes requires different tools and methods. For this project, the following tools were utilised;
- The CEC …