Clinical Governance – from rhetoric to reality?
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Myriam Lugon
Abstract
Although Clinical Governance now has a strong structural base in the National Health Service (NHS), its actual application in terms of service delivery is more inconsistent. Cross-agency and boundary working are still underdeveloped and true patient involvement remains the province of a minority of enthusiasts. Despite this, there have been some significant moves forward, in that quality is now intrinsically linked to service delivery, and managers and clinicians are more explicitly accountable for the care they provide. This article examines the introduction of Clinical Governance to the NHS and discusses what practical applications have been made. Case studies drawn from those who are working at the frontline are used to illustrate the impact that Clinical Governance components have had on service delivery and patient experience.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Foreword
- Evidence-based policy-making
- Clinical Governance – from rhetoric to reality?
- Realising the developmental potential of Clinical Governance
- Re-energising Clinical Governance through Integrated Governance
- Clinical Governance: from clinical risk management to continuous quality improvement
- Involvement of patients in Clinical Governance
- Teaching and Continuing Professional Development: an Italian experience
- New National Healthcare Information System
- Clinical Governance and Laboratory Medicine: is the Electronic Medical Record our best friend or sworn enemy?
- Technology to improve quality and accountability
- Clinical Governance and evidence-based laboratory medicine
- ISO 15189:2003 – Quality management, evaluation and continual improvement
- External Quality Assessment: an effective tool for Clinical Governance in Laboratory Medicine
- Errors in clinical laboratories or errors in laboratory medicine?
- Laboratory request appropriateness in emergency: impact on hospital organization
- Point-of-care-testing and Clinical Governance
- Integration between the Tele-Cardiology Unit and the central laboratory: methodological and clinical evaluation of point-of-care testing cardiac marker in the ambulance
