Quality Improvement and Clinical Audits: What Is the Ethical Oversight?

Affiliations

¹ Author Affiliations: Executive Director, Clinical Quality Programs, Data Analytics and Tele Critical Care, Kaiser Permanente (Dr Scruth); Vice President, Safety (Ms Betts), Quality and Regulatory Services, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, Northern California; and Executive Director (Ms Lisk), Quality and Regulatory Services, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Oakland, California.

Elizabeth Ann Scruth et al. Clin Nurse Spec. 2023 Sep-Oct.

. 2023 Sep-Oct;37(5):211-213.

doi: 10.1097/NUR.0000000000000765.

¹ Author Affiliations: Executive Director, Clinical Quality Programs, Data Analytics and Tele Critical Care, Kaiser Permanente (Dr Scruth); Vice President, Safety (Ms Betts), Quality and Regulatory Services, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, Northern California; and Executive Director (Ms Lisk), Quality and Regulatory Services, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Oakland, California.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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