Clinical Governance
A framework through which the United Kingdom's National Health Service organizations are accountable for continually improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish. (Scally and Donaldson, BMJ (4 July 1998): 61-65)
Trustees
Board members of an institution or organization who are entrusted with the administering of funds and the directing of policy.
State Medicine
A system of medical care regulated, controlled and financed by the government, in which the government assumes responsibility for the health needs of the population.
Medical Audit
Management Audit
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.
Hospital Administrators
Managerial personnel responsible for implementing policy and directing the activities of hospitals.
Hospitals, Public
Hospitals controlled by various types of government, i.e., city, county, district, state or federal.
Group Practice
Organizational Innovation
Great Britain
Great Britain is not a medical term, but a geographical name for the largest island in the British Isles, which comprises England, Scotland, and Wales, forming the major part of the United Kingdom.
Organizational Culture
Total Quality Management
Models, Organizational
England
I'm sorry for any confusion, but 'England' is not a medical term and does not have a medical definition. England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, known for its rich history, cultural heritage, and contributions to medical science. However, in a medical context, it may refer to the location of a patient, healthcare provider, or research study, but it is not a term with a specific medical meaning.
Governing Board
Health Services Research
The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
Education, Medical, Continuing
Primary Health Care
Quality of Health Care
Attitude of Health Personnel
Government
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Baltic States
Local Government
Conservation of Natural Resources
Chief Executive Officers, Hospital
Individuals who have the formal authority to manage a hospital, including its programs and services, in accordance with the goals and objectives established by a governing body (GOVERNING BOARD).
Contracts
International Cooperation
Social Responsibility
Organizations, Nonprofit
Social Control Policies
Decision Making, Organizational
Fraud
Healthcare Financing
Ethics, Research
Public Policy
A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions.
Health Policy
Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.
Efficiency, Organizational
Human Rights
Government Agencies
Administrative units of government responsible for policy making and management of governmental activities.
Health Care Reform
Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.
Leadership
Oceans and Seas
Delivery of Health Care
Health Planning Councils
Organizational Policy
A course or method of action selected, usually by an organization, institution, university, society, etc., from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions and positions on matters of public interest or social concern. It does not include internal policy relating to organization and administration within the corporate body, for which ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION is available.