Open AccessThe STAR score: a method for auditing clinical records
Author(s) -
Hussain Tuffaha,
Tarik Amer,
Parveen Jayia,
Colin Bicknell,
Niroshini Rajaretnam,
Paul Ziprin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1478-7083
pISSN - 0035-8843
DOI - 10.1308/003588412x13171221499865
Subject(s) - audit , computer science , medical record , star (game theory) , medicine , medical physics , information retrieval , data science , radiology , mathematics , accounting , mathematical analysis , business
Adequate medical note keeping is critical in delivering high quality healthcare. However, there are few robust tools available for the auditing of notes. The aim of this paper was to describe the design, validation and implementation of a novel scoring tool to objectively assess surgical notes.