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ArticleInternational journal of health policy and management2015

Validating and determining the weight of items used for evaluating clinical governance implementation based on analytic hierarchy process model.

Elaheh Hooshmand, Sogand Tourani, Hamid Ravaghi, Ali Vafaee Najar, Marziye Meraji, Hossein Ebrahimipour

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Article in International journal of health policy and management, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elaheh HooshmandHealth Sciences Research Center, Department of Health and Management, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Sogand TouraniHospital Management Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid RavaghiSchool of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali Vafaee NajarHealth Sciences Research Center, Department of Health and Management, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Marziye MerajiDepartment of Medical Records and Health Information Technology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Hossein EbrahimipourHealth Sciences Research Center, Department of Health and Management, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Abstract

backgroundThe purpose of implementing a system such as Clinical Governance (CG) is to integrate, establish and globalize distinct policies in order to improve quality through increasing professional knowledge and the accountability of healthcare professional toward providing clinical excellence. Since CG is related to change, and change requires money and time, CG implementation has to be focused on priority areas that are in more dire need of change. The purpose of the present study was to validate and determine the significance of items used for evaluating CG implementation.

methodsThe present study was descriptive-quantitative in method and design. Items used for evaluating CG implementation were first validated by the Delphi method and then compared with one another and ranked based on the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) model.

resultsThe items that were validated for evaluating CG implementation in Iran include performance evaluation, training and development, personnel motivation, clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, resource allocation, policies and strategies, external audit, information system management, research and development, CG structure, implementation prerequisites, the management of patients' non-medical needs, complaints and patients' participation in the treatment process. The most important items based on their degree of significance were training and development, performance evaluation, and risk management. The least important items included the management of patients' non-medical needs, patients' participation in the treatment process and research and development.

conclusionThe fundamental requirements of CG implementation included having an effective policy at national level, avoiding perfectionism, using the expertise and potentials of the entire country and the coordination of this model with other models of quality improvement such as accreditation and patient safety.

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Models, OrganizationalAdultClinical GovernanceDelphi TechniqueFemaleHumansIranMaleMiddle AgedQuality ImprovementReproducibility of ResultsYoung AdultAnalytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)Clinical Governance (CG)EvaluationImplementationValidating

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