Audit-based education: a potentially effective program for improving guideline achievement in CKD patients

Kidney Int. 2013 Sep;84(3):436-8. doi: 10.1038/ki.2013.179.

Abstract

The achievement of treatment guidelines in patients with chronic kidney disease is poor, and more efforts are needed to improve this. Audit-based education is a program that may contribute to this improvement. de Lusignana et al. investigated whether audit-based education is effective in lowering systolic blood pressure in a primary-care setting. Although the program is inventive and promising, several adjustments are needed before it can be applied as an effective strategy.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / therapy*
  • Male
  • Quality Improvement / standards*
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / therapy*