Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital. Medical Audit Committee

The date of the first meeting of the Medical Audit Committee is not known. The first minutes to survive in the Archives are from July 17, 1986. The Medical Audit Committee changed its name to the Medical Quality Improvement Committee and adopted new terms of reference as per a suggestion at their meeting on October 11, 1990. The minutes of the Medical Quality Improvement Committee have not been transferred to the Archives but its terms of reference are available in file SF2: 10.30.

The Medical Audit Committee was responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of audit of the quality and quantity of professional work being performed in all departments of the medical staff at the Princess Margaret Hospital. Some of the functions of the Medical Audit Committee included:
• Reviewing all hospital deaths, autopsied or not.
• Evaluating the utilization of diagnostic facilities to assure optimal patient care.
• Periodically reviewing randomly inpatient and outpatient hospital records to ensure appropriate standards of medical care and documentation.
• Considering any situation within the scope of medical care in which a potential risk exists and initiating appropriate steps to correct such situations.

R. Hasselback was the chair of the Medical Audit Committee from 1986 to 1988. The subsequent chair of the committee was N.F. Boyd (1988-1990).

Last updated: July 29, 2013. Added to Archeion July 29, 2013.

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