National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP): COPD clinical audit 2018/19

COPD clinical audit 2018/19 is the third clinical audit report post launch of continuous data collection (on 1 February 2017). It presents data describing the cohort of patients discharged between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019. It presents key process measures including provision of timely review by a member of the respiratory team, oxygen prescription, provision of non-invasive ventilation, spirometry, recording of smoking status and referral to behavioural change invention and/or being prescribed stop smoking drugs for current smokers. Also, NEWS2 scores and discharge processes.

Contributing to the overarching national quality improvement (QI) objectives of the NACAP, it serves to empower stakeholders to use audit data to facilitate improvements in the quality of care.

《2018/19年慢性阻塞性肺疾病临床审计报告》系自2017年2月1日持续数据收集启动以来发布的第三份临床审计报告。本报告呈现了2018年10月1日至2019年9月30日期间出院患者队列的数据。其中包含了关键过程指标，包括呼吸团队成员的及时审查、氧疗处方、无创通气提供、肺功能检测、吸烟状况记录以及向吸烟者推荐行为改变干预措施及/或处方戒烟药物等。此外，还包括了NEWS2评分和出院流程。该报告旨在助力国家临床能力与评估计划（NACAP）的整体国家质量改进（QI）目标，旨在赋予利益相关者利用审计数据促进护理质量提升的能力。