Abstract
Abstract Background: An audit is the examination and evaluation of health-care procedures and documents to compare the quality of care provided with accepted standards. The prescribing audit study is part of an audit that monitors, evaluates, and, if necessary, recommends changes in physicians’ prescribing practices. Prescription validation is a quality improvement process that aims to improve patient care. Methodology: A prospective observational study was conducted in the outpatient department setting of the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Health-care Providers and Joint Commission International approved Super Speciality Hospitals of the Capital Territory of India. Data were collected randomly, 100 prescriptions across different department settings of Super Speciality Hospitals for 1 month in November 2022. Data were analyzed on the standard format of World Health Organization core prescribing indicators and in the form of mean and percentage. Results: A total of 17 parameters were accessed for the prescription audit. From the data, we can predict that in a total of (n = 100) samples of prescription audit, only 21.65% (368) cases had noncompliance, 67.59% (1149) cases had compliance, and 10.76% (183) did not apply to this parameters. Conclusion: According to this study, the compliance rate for prescription audit parameters is 67.59%, which should be improved by training staff regularly and holding large group meetings and internal audits. Small group meetings with experienced professionals of the organization can help in the constant maintenance of quality. It is also possible to automate the prescription creation process with software for at least the basic details. Finally, the study concludes this with the organization that needs to use its clinical pharmacy experts in the quality improvement process.
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