PEDIATRICS Vol. 56 No. 2 August 1975, pp. 246-254
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A Chart Audit Peer Review System in an Ambulatory Service

Raymond M. Russo M.D.1, Vymutt J. Gururaj M.D.1, Teresita A. Laude M.D.1, Solomon V. Rajkumar M.D.1, and Susan A. Ventre M.D.1

1 Downstate Medical Center-Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, New York

A system of providing rapid review of ambulatory patient records using a set of criteria was developed and tested. Of 337 records selected for review, 25% were not reviewable. Of the remaining 75%, virtually one half proved to be lacking in one or more of the established criteria. Deficiencies tended to occur most often in criteria related to the physical examination of the child.

Physician compliance with the criteria could not be conclusively shown to improve during the five-month study period, although physician acceptability was judged as good.

A large percentage (47.3%) of deficient records could be corrected by the responsible health professional.

The chief advantages of the system are that it is rapid and easy to perform. It focuses on the major service provided by the facility, i.e., acute medical care, and on the performance of the individual providing that service.

Submitted on May 31, 1974
Accepted on December 28, 1974