Health boards' governance of quality and risk: quality improvement agenda for the board Avery, MJ, Cripps, AW and Rogers, Gary 2021, Health boards' governance of quality and risk: quality improvement agenda for the board, International Journal of Health Governance, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 292-306, doi: 10.1108/IJHG-01-2021-0006. Title Health boards' governance of quality and risk: quality improvement agenda for the board Author(s) Avery, MJ Cripps, AW Rogers, Gary Journal name International Journal of Health Governance Volume number 26 Issue number 3 Start page 292 End page 306 Total pages 15 Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited Place of publication Bingley, England Publication date 2021-10-12 ISSN 2059-4631 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Health Policy & Services Health Care Sciences & Services Healthcare Board of directors Governance Quality Risk Safety HOSPITAL BOARDS OVERSIGHT Summary PurposeThis 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. Language eng DOI 10.1108/IJHG-01-2021-0006 HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30153586 Document type: Journal Article Collection: Faculty of Health Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 16 Jul 2021, 08:16:07 EST Sat, 17 Jul 2021, 05:00:22 EST Sat, 17 Jul 2021, 06:03:46 EST Mon, 19 Jul 2021, 09:19:38 EST Sat, 31 Jul 2021, 02:31:16 EST Sat, 31 Jul 2021, 02:42:28 EST Sun, 26 Jun 2022, 18:46:38 EST Mon, 27 Jun 2022, 12:44:48 EST Tue, 05 Jul 2022, 16:13:35 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2022, 11:02:41 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 6 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 16 Jul 2021, 08:16:07 EST