An investigation on implementation of clinical governance: A case study of an Iranian hospital

Abstract: Clinical Governance (CG) generally aims to enhance the quality of clinical services, increases the accountability of those who are responsible for health affairs. This study examines the quality of presenting medical services in Dr. Shariati hospital in Tehran after executing the CG project. To attain the aforesaid goal, this research also surveys the implementation rate of CG in Dr. Shariati hospital based on the CG seven-pillar model. The study is a descriptive and cross-sectional research fulfilled in summer 2013. Statistical population contains the employees of Dr. Shariati hospital in Tehran and the research sample includes 80 people of the mentioned population who were selected, randomly. Data was gathered through a questionnaire and the experts confirmed its validity and the reliability was approved via Cronbach & apos; s alpha of 0.947 and then, the analysis was carried out by the SPSS software and T-test. The findings for each CG pillar in Dr. Shariati hospital have placed less than the medium amount and they are not in desirable level. The CG at the above-mentioned hospital places in a medium rank so that the efforts by the managers will create successful changes at the hospital; meanwhile, the managers will be able to utilize the CG method in systematic prediction of changeable priorities to present the best strategies for achievable performance of managerial techniques and processes.

How to cite this paper

 Parsaamal, E & Salamzadeh, Y. (2013). An investigation on implementation of clinical governance: A case study of an Iranian hospital.Management Science Letters , 3(10), 2537-2548.

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