Patient-mediated interventions to improve professional practice: A summary of a Cochrane systematic review

Healthcare professionals are important contributors to healthcare quality and patient safety, but their performance is not always in line with recommended clinical practice. There are many approaches to influencing practice among healthcare professionals. Overall, experimental studies of interventions to improve professional practice have yielded small to moderate effects. These approaches include audit and feedback [1], reminders [2], educational materials [3], educational outreach visits, educational meetings or conferences [4,5], use of local opinion leaders [6], financial incentives [7], and organisational interventions [8].
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Review article Source Type: research