"We found that using a pro forma helped to aid junior doctors in clerking new patients, and significantly improved the quality of their history and examinations. This leads to a potential positive impact on patient safety during their inpatient stay, and should be rolled out more widely across the hospital."
The use of a pro forma to improve quality in clerking vascular surgery patients
J Kentley, A Fox, S Taylor, Y Hassan, A Filipek
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2016;5: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u210642.w4280
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QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention) aims to help NHS organisations deliver higher quality care and operate more efficiently and effectively. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has set up a programme to implement QIPP across the trust. This blog, delivered by the RFH Medical Library, will highlight latest papers about QIPP to support the Trust as they carry out this work.
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