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. 2020 Feb 27:368:m213.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.m213.

Revitalising audit and feedback to improve patient care

Robbie Foy  1 , Mirek Skrypak  2 , Sarah Alderson  1 , Noah Michael Ivers  3 , Bren McInerney  4 , Jill Stoddart  5 , Jane Ingham  5 , Danny Keenan  5
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Revitalising audit and feedback to improve patient care

Robbie Foy et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Audit and feedback are widely used in quality improvement. Robbie Foy and colleagues argue that their full potential to improve patient care could be realised through a more evidence based and imaginative approach

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have the following interests to declare: JI, JS, DK, and MS declare that they commission the NCAPOP on behalf of NHS England and Welsh government. The other authors declare no competing interests.

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