Clinical governance and genitourinary medicine.

Developing national outcome standards for the management of gonorrhoea and genital chlamydia in genitourinary medicine clinics.

BACKGROUND Measuring clinical performance within a framework of clinical governance is increasingly important for monitoring improvements in patient care. Standards for quality indicators must, however, be achievable and evidence based. We describe an approach to the development of national standards for measuring outcomes of care for gonorrhoea and genital chlamydia in genitourinary medicine c...

Survey of undergraduate teaching in genitourinary medicine in Britain.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the time allocated for undergraduate teaching of genitourinary medicine has changed since 1984 and to determine the impact of HIV/AIDS on the teaching of the specialty. METHODS A self completion questionnaire was sent to the consultant in charge of each department of genitourinary medicine attached to a UK medical school. RESULTS Replies were received from all...

Clinical governance in primary health care based on family physicians in Mazandaran province: Stakeholders perspective

Background and Aim: Clinical governance is one of the important frameworks for continuous quality improvement and safety in health care systems. Identifying the axes of this approach according to local conditions is one of the important priorities of the health system. The aim of this study was to identify the views of stakeholders on the axes of clinical governance in primary health care based...

CME Genitourinary medicine (100623): self-assessment questionnaire.

Senior Managers’ Viewpoints Toward Challenges of Implementing Clinical Governance: A National Study in Iran

Background Quality improvement should be assigned as the main mission for healthcare providers. Clinical Governance (CG) is used not only as a strategy focusing on responding to public and government’s intolerance of poor healthcare standards, but also it is implemented for quality improvement in a number of countries. This study aims to identify the key contributing factors in the implementati...