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A quality improvement programme in radiotherapy using workflow audits

SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, 2021-02, Vol.111 (2), p.106-109 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2021 Health & Medical Publishing Group ;This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. ;ISSN: 0256-9574 ;ISSN: 2078-5135 ;EISSN: 2078-5135 ;DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i2.15310 ;PMID: 33944718

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  • Title:
    A quality improvement programme in radiotherapy using workflow audits
  • Author: Abratt, R.P ; Rautenbach, M ; Govender, Y ; Oelofse, I
  • Subjects: Health Care Sciences & Services ; Health Policy & Services ; Hospital wards ; Management audit ; Medical Ethics ; Medicine, General & Internal ; Medicine, Legal ; Medicine, Research & Experimental ; Methods ; Quality management ; Radiotherapy
  • Is Part Of: SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, 2021-02, Vol.111 (2), p.106-109
  • Description: Background. Evaluation of the quality of healthcare depends on measures of structures, processes and outcomes. Progress in recording data allows for better measures of processes, such as the completeness of clinical data, the performance of professional tasks and the use of checklists. Objectives. To report the results of a radiotherapy (RT) workflow audit and a subsequent online survey of user experience. Methods. The RT workflow audit was developed in 2016 and has been undertaken twice a year at 28 facilities or units, with a total of 32 linear accelerators. Electronic patient folders were reviewed to assess the documentation of 90 task items, of which 64 were scored. The auditor came from another facility. The online survey took place in July 2020. It contained questions on the audit's process, professional value and future use. Invitations were sent by email to the 151 radiotherapist staff at the 28 units where the audit had been implemented. Responses were anonymous. Results. For the RT workflow audit, scores improved from 60% in some units in 2016 to >90% in all units for at least 2 years since 2018. The number of responders to the online survey was 58, giving a responder rate of 38%. The margin of error of the results was 10%. The audit's task items were considered appropriate by 77% of responders, and feedback was reported by 78% of them. The audit was considered very or extremely valuable to their unit's service delivery by 58% of responders. Changes in the unit as a result of the audit were reported by 77% of responders. The audit was very useful or extremely useful to 75% of responders in maintaining personal professional standards. The proportion of responders who were very or extremely supportive of continuing with the audit was 77%. The comments in the online survey will be helpful for ongoing review of the RT workflow audit. Conclusions. The RT workflow audit extends the scope of accreditation audits by including measures of processes. Users of the audit evaluate its processes favourably and report that it has value both in their unit's clinical service and for their personal professional standards. The audit is effective in developing quality improvement programmes.
  • Publisher: South Africa: Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG)
  • Language: English;Portuguese
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0256-9574
    ISSN: 2078-5135
    EISSN: 2078-5135
    DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i2.15310
    PMID: 33944718
  • Source: SciELO
    African Journals Online (Open Access)
    GFMER Free Medical Journals
    Alma/SFX Local Collection
    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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