At Western Health, our vision for outstanding patient care is that each of our patients receive ‘Best Care’ from us, every time, everywhere. This translates into us constantly putting the patient first, listening to them and their families and constantly reviewing, enhancing and improving how we deliver care. To support Western Health’s vision of Best Care, the Auditing Best Care (ABC) audit is a tool used to monitor the delivery of best care and provides us with an opportunity to identify areas for improvement.
The ABC audit will be held on Tuesday 8th November 2022. Each inpatient area is required to set aside this day to undertake the audit.
A minimum of ¼ of the total number of patients admitted to each area are required to be audited.
The audit involves asking a series of questions directly to the patient (or carer), bedside checks and reviewing documentation entered into the EMR/medical record.