Is it time to use checklists in mental health care auditing?

Abstract

A key strategy for improving the quality of mental health care is the design and implementation of a mechanism for on-site inspection and clinical auditing. We discuss the use of checklists in auditing providing an objective, comprehensive system for recording and analyzing multi-disciplinary, clinical auditing in mental health services. We believe such an approach can identify potential risks and allow for better decision making.

Keywords

• Clinical auditing
• Quality
• Patient safety

Citation

Abramowitz, M.Z., Polackiewicz, J. and Grinshpoon, A. (2011), "Is it time to use checklists in mental health care auditing?", Mental Illness, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 33-35. https://doi.org/10.4081/mi.2011.e9

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2011 M.Z. Abramowitz et al.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0).

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Corresponding author

Moshe Z. Abramowitz, Eitanim Hospital, The Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Mobile Post Tzfon Yehuda, 90972, Israel.