Medical audit and libraries--an opportunity for progress.

Abstract

Working for patients has necessitated the use of medical audit as a quality assurance tool. This paper presents an overview of the form and content of audit, and examines the supporting role of the library. It notes the failure of many Regional Medical Audit Implementation Plans to recognize the value of library services, and proposes a strategy to enable librarians to play an active part in the process, and by doing so to increase awareness of library services and improve decision making.