Role of the prescribing observatory for mental health.
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Positive change in prescribing practice in psychiatric services can be achieved with participation in the UK Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health (POMH-UK) quality improvement programmes. Key elements are feedback of benchmarked performance for local clinical reflection and customised change interventions informed by the national audit findings and parallel qualitative work. However, progress is gradual and gains generally modest.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
دوره 201 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012