You work for the health care organization which uses chart audits as the quality-control procedure. You wonder why health care workers aren't just asked to share their concerns about quality issues based upon their own work experiences during staff meetings or even on an individual basis with quality manager. You have observed that it takes extra time out of the day to implement a chart audit. You decide what criteria will be audited and then review the charts for these criteria.

Do you think doing chart audits is better or worse than asking health care workers to make an assessment of their own work and report on that? Explain your answer.