Making clinical governance work.

Interpreting accountability

An ethnographic study of practice nurses, accountability and multidisciplinary team decision-making in the context of clinical governance Jan Savage research reports All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permissio...

Making clinical governance work.

This paper summarises a conference that took place at the Royal College of Physicians about the work of the Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit (CEEu) and the National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions (NCC-CC). The importance of the clinical standards, audit, and evidence-based guidelines and their contribution to the clinical governance arena was acknowledged. In addition, co...

Governance Must Dive Into Organizations to Make a Real Difference; Comment on “Governance, Government, and the Search for New Provider Models”

In their 2016 article, Saltman and Duran provide a thoughtful examination of the governance challenges involved in different care delivery models adopted in primary care and hospitals in two European countries. This commentary examines the limited potential of structural changes to achieve real reform and considers that, unless governance arrangements actually succeed in penetrating organizatio...

Making Capital Markets Work through Corporate Governance

The value of collaborative governance/staff empowerment.

OBJECTIVE Collaborative governance is the decision-making process that places the authority, responsibility, and accountability for patient care with the practicing clinician. BACKGROUND Collaborative governance was introduced as one of nine structures within the patient care services' professional practice model to facilitate communication and optimize staff participation in decision-making ...

Make an impact with transformational leadership and shared governance.

T ransformational leadership is an actionbased leadership style that recognizes the need for change, which is guided by admirable influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized attention.1 Shared governance is an empowering process designed to achieve organizational goals by promoting shared decision making and accountability.2 Both transformational leadership...