Showing posts with label quality governance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quality governance. Show all posts

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Governance of quality of care

"Although health service boards are eager to establish quality of care as a governance priority, several obstacles are blocking progress. The result is a gap between the rhetoric of quality governance and the reality of month-to-month activities at the board level."

Governance of quality of care: a qualitative study of health service boards in Victoria, Australia
MM Bismark, DM Studdert
BMJ Quality and Safety, 2014; 23(6): 474-482

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Friday, 26 April 2013

Quality governance


"A highly engaged board working in true partnership with the senior leadership team and wider staff, and where applicable the council of governors, is a critical factor in the successful delivery of quality improvement."

Quality governance: how does a board know that its organisation is working effectively to improve patient care? Guidance for boards of NHS provider organisations
Monitor
April 2013

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