Title: Clinical governance: an instrument for bringing quality and efficiency together?

Authors: Simona Scarparo

Addresses: The School of Management Department of Accounting, The University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square, William Robertson Building, EH8 9JY, Scotland, UK

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse the issue of clinical governance, exploring the potential of this programme as an instrument for overcoming the gap between the intentions of the political body and the actual results of the reforms. The main questions that can be addressed are related to enquiring whether clinical governance can bridge the traditional difficulties of communication between clinicians and hospital administrators, enhancing the dialogue among them and helping to create a collaborative clinical and financial decision making process. Is this latest invention of the government a rhetorical change or an effective action?

Keywords: clinical governance; efficiency; organisational change; medical professionals| participation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2002.001143

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 2002 Vol.4 No.3/4, pp.273-287

Published online: 01 Jul 2003 *

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