Audit and feedback activities

Heart Failure: taking an active role

A series of quality improvement clinical audits

  • Cost: Free

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Accreditation

CPD accreditation: self-recorded

This audit and feedback activity can be self-recorded for professional development hours. The audit’s duration will vary depending on the GP, their practice and the number of patients reviewed. NPS MedicineWise recommends GPs allow approximately 6-10 hours per audit. There are three audits available to complete.

 

About

Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome affecting 480,000 Australians, and the burden of illness is expected to increase with the ageing population. Early diagnosis and effective management of heart failure keeps people out of hospital and helps them live better, longer lives.

NPS MedicineWise has developed a series of three audit and feedback activities focused on the diagnosis and management of heart failure.

You can choose to complete any or all of the audit and feedback activities, although completion in a sequential order is recommended.

 

What do I get out of this activity?

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Each audit and feedback activity allows you to assess and review your management of patients with heart failure, compared with current best practice guidelines. It is a process or cycle involving steps to collect data, feed back to health professionals and implement changes.

 

What’s involved?

  • Complete data collection for patients within your practice/clinic.
  • Review your practice/clinic data compared to national aggregate data.
  • Review individual patients’ data, against best practice clinical indicators.
  • Identify and implement improvements in your practice.
 

Audit and feedback activities

Audit and feedback activity 1: Heart failure — Diagnosis and documentation

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This activity allows you to review your diagnosis of patients with heart failure.

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Audit and feedback activity 2: Heart failure — Pharmacological management of HFrEF

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This activity allows you to assess the pharmacological management of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

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Audit and feedback activity 3: Heart failure — Ongoing management

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This activity allows you to review ongoing management strategies for patients with heart failure.

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