en بیماری های دهان Oral Medicine پژوهشي Research <p> Clinical audit is a quality improvement process that aims to improve patient care through a systematic review of care against explicit criteria. It is a cyclic and multidisciplinary process which involves a series of steps from planning the audit through measuring the performance to implementing and sustaining the change. Although audit contains some facets of research, it is essential to understand the difference between the two. Auditing can be done right from the record maintaining, diagnosis and treatment and postoperative evaluation and follow‑up. The immense potential of clinical audit can be utilized only when open‑mindedness and innovativeness are encouraged and evidence‑based work culture is cultivated. </p><hr><p></p><p> <strong>Source: </strong>Dental Research Journal</p><p><a href="http://drj.mui.ac.ir/index.php/drj/article/view/717" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"> Full Text</font></a></p> Audit, dental audit, healthcare improvement 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-1087&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Suchetha N Malleshi smalleshi@yahoo.com 10031947532846004729 10031947532846004729 Yes Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, JSS Dental College and Hospital, JSS University, Mysore Mahasweta Joshi 10031947532846004730 10031947532846004730 No Public Health Dentistry, Sinhgad Dental College, Pune Soumya K Nair 10031947532846004731 10031947532846004731 No Kripa Medical Dispensary, Mumbai Irshad Ashraf 10031947532846004732 10031947532846004732 No Sparkle Dental Clinic, Tirupur, India