Hospitals’ Readiness for Clinical Governance Implementation in Educational Hospitals of Yazd, Iran
Journal Title: Electronic Physician - Year 2014, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Clinical governance is a systematic approach to maintaining and improving the quality of patient care. This study aimed to assess some Iranian educational hospitals’ readiness for clinical governance implementation through the organizational climate. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study that used the Clinical Governance Climate Questionnaire (CGCQ) in three educational hospitals in Yazd, a city in central Iran, in 2012. A total of 186 personnel contributed to the study. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16. Descriptive statistics and the Kruskal-Wallis test were used for data analyses. Results: The mean scores of the clinical governance climate in Shahid Sadoughi, Shahid Rahnemoon and Afshar hospitals were 2.63±0.29, 2.58±0.32, and 2.68±0.29. The mean scores of quality improvement planning and change, quality improvement integration and motivation, clinical risk management and climate of blame and punishment, organizational learning, and training and development (T&D) opportunities for learning in the studied hospitals were 2.21±0.49, 2.80±0.40, 2.76±0.40, 2.91±0.54 and 3.06±0.72, respectively. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the educational hospitals’ climate should be more supportive for successful implementation of clinical governance.
Authors and Affiliations
Mohammad Amin Bahrami, Ali Akbar Sabahi, Razieh Montazeralfaraj, Farimah Shamsi, Samaneh Entezarian Ardekani
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