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Health boards' governance of quality and risk: quality improvement agenda for the board
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posted on 2021-10-12, 00:00 authored by M J Avery, A W Cripps, Gary RogersGary RogersPurposeThis study explores key governance, leadership and management activities that have impact on quality, risk and safety within Australian healthcare organisations.Design/methodology/approachCurrent non-executive directors (n = 12) of public and private health boards were interviewed about contemporary approaches to fiduciary and corporate responsibilities for quality assurance and improvement outcomes in the context of risk and safety management for patient care. Verbatim transcripts were subjected to thematic analysis triangulated with Leximancer-based text mining.FindingsBoards operate in a strong legislative, healthcare standards and normative environment of quality and risk management. Support and influence that create a positive quality and risk management culture within the organisation, actions that disseminate quality and risk broadly and at depth for all levels, and implementation and sustained development of quality and risk systems that report on and contain risk were critical tasks for boards and their directors.Practical implicationsFindings from this study may provide health directors with key quality and risk management agenda points to expand or deepen the impact of governance around health facilities' quality and risk management.Originality/valueThis study has identified key governance activities and responsibilities where boards demonstrate that they add value in terms of potential improvement to hospital and health service quality care outcomes. The demonstrable influence identified makes an important contribution to our understanding of healthcare governance.
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International Journal of Health GovernanceVolume
26Issue
3Pagination
292 - 306Publisher
Emerald Publishing LimitedLocation
Bingley, EnglandPublisher DOI
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2059-4631Language
EnglishPublication classification
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