Chart Audit of Spiritual Care Documentation
Continuous Quality Improvement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21744950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vivian B Stang (0000-0002-5651-8701, Ottawa Hospital, corresponding author), Mary Jane Beavis (Spiritual Care Practitioner, The Ottawa Hospital, Canada), M Beavis (Ottawa Hospital), Geneviève Côté (Ottawa Hospital) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 280-289 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1542-3050 • E-ISSN: 2167-776X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1542305020964793 |
| PMID | 33228491 |
| OpenAlex | W3108356192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
Eight spiritual care practitioners at an acute care teaching hospital undertook a systematic chart audit of their documentation practices in the patient electronic health record. The purpose was to evaluate their practices using the standards of their professional association and regulatory college. A preliminary “mock audit” was essential for the overall success of the audit. Plans for ongoing chart audits will lead to continuous quality improvement. A limitation was that their manager acted as both improvement coach and performance evaluator
Audit · Business · Chart · Documentation · Health care · Management system · Medical emergency · Operations management · Patient care · Quality audit · Quality management · Computer Science · Engineering · Medicine · Nursing · Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Accounting
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |