Electronic clinical audit tools
Electronic clinical audit tools are produced for selected topics as an alternative to the word versions. Data can be entered directly into the spreadsheet, which will then automatically populate results tables and produce charts where appropriate. NICE electronic clinical audit tools can be used on the Clinical Audit Knowledge Exchange (CAKE). CAKE is an online clinical audit benchmarking facility which allows clinical audits to be uploaded and results compared against other organisations.
NICE provides clinical audit tools for all technology appraisals, clinical guidelines and selected interventional procedures and public health guidance. The aim of the clinical audit tool is to make the process of developing clinical audit projects easier through the provision of ready-to-use criteria, including exceptions and definitions. This tool can either be used in its entirety or 'locally' adapted to suit the requirements of your service.
Where guidance recommendations span different clinical or service settings or they are aimed at several different audiences, NICE may produce more than one clinical audit tool for the guidance topic.
This page was last updated: 10 October 2011
