CLINICAL GOVERNANCE CONCEPT AS A COMPLEMENTARY TOOL TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & LEADERSHIP IN HOSPITAL BUSINESSES.
Clinical governance is defined as a framework through which a health system is accountable for continuous never-ending improvement of the quality of its services and safeguarding highest standards of care.
The foremost governance structure of clinical services is typically the clinical governance committee of the board of directors. This is a specialized discipline targeting investors, owners, directors and managers of private and faith-based hospitals as well as healthcare business enterprises.
The program revolves around quality of patient service, patient safety, provider safety, organizational reputation and financial sustainability. Clinical governance is all about how healthcare business enterprises are governed and managed as to make business sense to the investor and to provide value for money to the client or the patient.
In many healthcare organizations, corporate governance and clinical governance do not speak to each other. The result is a governance discordance which represents a critical threat to hospital longevity. Integrated governance bridges this gap.