Aboriginal Health Workshops
Clinical Governance
Overview
Clinical governance is defined as a systematic approach to maintaining and improving the quality of patient care within a health system. For divisions of general practice this relates most strongly to general practices themselves, but it is also relevant to the range of nursing and allied health services that they are increasingly involved in providing. It addresses those structures, systems and processes that assure the quality, accountability and proper management of an organisation's operation and delivery of service that relate to the delivery of care to patients and their carers.
Useful websites and resources
Victorian Healthcare Association resources:
http://www.vha.org.au/clinicalgovernanceresources.html
http://www.vha.org.au/clinicalgovernance.html
Basic clinical risk assessment information:
http://www.vha.org.au/uploads/APPENDIX_4_CLINICAL_%20RISK_%20ASSESSMENT_HANDOUT.doc
Victorian Quality Council http://www.health.vic.gov.au/qualitycouncil/index.htm Victorian Quality Council clinical governance resources and tools:
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/qualitycouncil/pub/improve/index.htm#_Clinical_governance
Developing the clinical leadership role in clinical governance: a guide for clinicians and health services:
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/qualitycouncil/downloads/clingov_clin.pdf
Leading clinical governance in health services: the CEO and senior manager roles :
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/qualitycouncil/downloads/clingov_exec.pdf
GPV recently held a workshop focusing on clinical governance. The handouts and presentations from the workshop are available in the Resource Section.
For further information contact:
Helen Threlfall, Divisions' Consultant, Ph: 03 9341 5209 | Fax: 03 9341 5299 | Mob: 0409 418 582 | Email h.threlfall@gpv.org.au