A survey on clinical governance awareness among clinical staff
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A survey on clinical governance awareness among clinical staff : a cross-sectional study. / Ravaghi, Hamid; Zarnaq, Rahim Khodayari; Adel, Amin; Badpa, Mahnaz; Adel, Moein; Abolhassani, Nazanin.
In: Global journal of health science, Vol. 6, No. 6, 25.06.2014, p. 37-42.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A survey on clinical governance awareness among clinical staff
T2 - a cross-sectional study
AU - Ravaghi, Hamid
AU - Zarnaq, Rahim Khodayari
AU - Adel, Amin
AU - Badpa, Mahnaz
AU - Adel, Moein
AU - Abolhassani, Nazanin
PY - 2014/6/25
Y1 - 2014/6/25
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Clinical Governance (CG) program has been raised in Iran in order to improve the quality of clinical care. The purpose of this study is to investigate the awareness of clinical governance program among clinical staff working in selected teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran.METHODS: To investigate the CG awareness, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among 345 clinical staff working in 20 selected public hospitals in Tehran. Data were gathered using the standardized clinical governance awareness questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data.RESULT: The results showed that the level of staff awareness about the concept of CG was low. They perceived continuous quality improvement, responsibility, medical errors reduction and patient safety as the main concepts of the CG framework. Reaching agreement of standards concepts among staff and positive changes in attitudes were considered as two most observed changes. The main perceived barriers to the implementation of clinical governance included lack of proper management and leadership, lack of full support, inappropriate organizational culture, lack of knowledge, poor communication system and insufficient training.CONCLUSIONS: The concepts and goals of clinical governance have not been effectively conveyed to the staff and despite its implementation in the hospitals, there has been low clinical governance awareness among the staff. Clinical Governance must be implemented through comprehensive management support and participation of all staff and health professionals at both hospital and policy making level.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Clinical Governance (CG) program has been raised in Iran in order to improve the quality of clinical care. The purpose of this study is to investigate the awareness of clinical governance program among clinical staff working in selected teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran.METHODS: To investigate the CG awareness, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among 345 clinical staff working in 20 selected public hospitals in Tehran. Data were gathered using the standardized clinical governance awareness questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data.RESULT: The results showed that the level of staff awareness about the concept of CG was low. They perceived continuous quality improvement, responsibility, medical errors reduction and patient safety as the main concepts of the CG framework. Reaching agreement of standards concepts among staff and positive changes in attitudes were considered as two most observed changes. The main perceived barriers to the implementation of clinical governance included lack of proper management and leadership, lack of full support, inappropriate organizational culture, lack of knowledge, poor communication system and insufficient training.CONCLUSIONS: The concepts and goals of clinical governance have not been effectively conveyed to the staff and despite its implementation in the hospitals, there has been low clinical governance awareness among the staff. Clinical Governance must be implemented through comprehensive management support and participation of all staff and health professionals at both hospital and policy making level.
KW - Attitude of Health Personnel
KW - Clinical Governance
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Health Services Research
KW - Hospitals, Public
KW - Humans
KW - Iran
KW - Organizational Innovation
KW - Quality Improvement
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
U2 - 10.5539/gjhs.v6n6p37
DO - 10.5539/gjhs.v6n6p37
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 25363112
VL - 6
SP - 37
EP - 42
JO - Global journal of health science
JF - Global journal of health science
SN - 1916-9736
IS - 6
ER -