Author/Authors :
Hooshmand، Elaheh نويسنده Health Sciences Research Center, Department of Health and Management, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran , , Tourani، Sogand نويسنده Hospital Management Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , , Ravaghi، Hamid نويسنده Health Management and Economics Research Center, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Ir , , Ebrahimipour، Hossein نويسنده Department of Health and Management and Health Sciences Research Center, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Ebrahimipour, Hossein
Abstract :
Lack of scientific and confirmed researches and expert knowledge about evaluation systems for clinical governance development in Iran have made studies on different evaluation systems for clinical governance development a necessity. These studies must provide applied strategies to design criteria of implementing clinical governance for hospitalʹs accreditation. This is a descriptive and comparative study on development of clinical governance models all over the world. Data have been gathered by reviewing related articles. Models have been studied in comprehensive review method. The evaluated models of clinical governance development were Australian, NHS, SPOCK and OPTIGOV. The final aspects extracted from these models were Responsiveness, Policies and Strategies, Organizational Structure, Allocating Resources, Education and Occupational Development, Performance Evaluation, External Evaluation, Patient Oriented Approach, Risk Management, Personnelʹs Participation, Information Technology, Human Resources, Research and Development, Evidence Based Medicine, Clinical Audit, Health Technology Assessment and Quality. These results are applicable for completing the present criteria which evaluating clinical governance application and provide practical framework to evaluate countryʹs hospital on the basis of clinical governance elements.
