Long title:
Interventions to optimise the outputs of national clinical audits to improve the quality of health care: a multi-method study including RCT – ENACT
Short title:
ENACT
Chief Investigator:
Robbie Foy
Co-Investigators:
Thomas A Willis, Alexandra Wright-Hughes, Ana Weller, Sarah L Alderson, Stephanie Wilson, Rebecca Walwyn, Su Wood, Fabiana Lorencatto, Amanda Farrin, Suzanne Hartley, Jillian Francis, Valentine Seymour, Jamie Brehaut, Heather Colquhoun, Jeremy Grimshaw, Noah Ivers, Richard Feltbower, Justin Keen, Benjamin C Brown, Justin Presseau, Chris P Gale, Simon J Stanworth,
Organisation:
University of Leeds
Funder:
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
Lay Summary:
National clinical audit programmes aim to improve patient care by reviewing performance against explicit standards and directing action towards areas not meeting those standards. Their impact can be improved by (1) optimising feedback content and format, (2) strengthening audit cycles and (3) embedding randomised trials evaluating different ways of delivering feedback.
The objectives were to (1) develop and evaluate the effects of modifications to feedback on recipient responses, (2) identify ways of strengthening feedback cycles for two national audits and (3) explore opportunities, costs and benefits of national audit participation in a programme of trials.
Project Website:
https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/16/04/13
Associated Publications:
https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/QBBZ1124#/abstract