ABSTRACT
The official verification of accounts of transactions is known as an audit. In hospitals, besides a financial audit, a medical audit can be conducted to examine the quality of clinical care. A medical audit involves the retrospective review of clinical records to identify gaps, if any, in providing clinical care. The purpose of the medical audit is to improve the quality of clinical care by filling the identified gaps. A medical audit can be conducted for a specific disease or condition; a specific procedure or surgery; an unnatural event, unexpected result, or interesting finding; and a death—this is also known as a death audit. A medical audit committee should be constituted in each major clinical department of a hospital, comprising of 2–3 clinicians. They may be from the same specialty or related disciplines. The audit committee selects a disease, diagnosis, or condition for conducting a medical audit.
