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Title An introduction to clinical governance and patient safety / edited by Elizabeth Haxby, David Hunter, Siân Isobel Jaggar
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 468 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Clinical governance and patient safety -- an overview / Elizabeth Haxby and Sarah Hammond -- Section 1 -- Risk Management -- 2. Risk awareness / Suzette Woodward -- 3. Risk identification / Elizabeth Haxby and Richard Hartopp -- 4. Risk assessment / Alison Lovatt -- 5. Risk control / Mary Lane -- 6. Risk assurance / Elizabeth Haxby -- 7. Complaints and claims / Ruth Symons -- 8. Risk management standards / Gaynor Pickavance -- Section 2 -- Clinical Effectiveness -- 9. Evidence-based medicine / Henry McQuay -- 10. NICE and NSFs / Peter Littlejohns -- 11. Clinical guidelines / Gillian Leng and Chris Connell -- 12. Clinical audit / David Hunter -- 13. Research governance / Paul Farquhar-Smith -- 14. New interventional procedures . Carole Longson and Mirella Marlow -- 15. Integrated care pathways / Helen Goodman -- Section 3 -- Strategic Effectiveness -- 16. The Trust board / Paul Williams -- 17. Trust strategy and strategic planning / Gareth Goodier -- 18. Capacity efficiency and targets / Heather Shearer -- 19. Service provision / David James -- 20. Policies and procedures / Tina Ferguson -- 21. Quality improvement / Heather Shearer -- 22. Performance management / Richard Connett -- Section 4 -- Resource Effectiveness -- 23. Recruitment and retention / Carole Johnson -- 24. Improving working lives / Sara Lightowlers and Andrew Rochford
Summary This book presents a simple overview of clinical governance in context, highlighting important principles required to function effectively in a pressurised healthcare environment, ensuring tomorrow's staff are competent to function effectively in any healthcare facility
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Health services administration -- Great Britain
Medical care -- Great Britain -- Quality control
Clinical competence -- Great Britain
Organization.
Health services administration.
Medical care.
Organization and Administration
Geographic Locations
Health Services Administration
Delivery of Health Care
Geographicals
Clinical Governance
Patient Care
Organization
Medical care
Clinical competence
Health services administration
Medical care -- Quality control
Europe.
Europe
United Kingdom
Europe
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Haxby, Elizabeth.
Hunter, David, Dr.
Jaggar, Siân Isobel.
Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780191595011
0191595012
9780191015564
0191015563