Assessing the Tehran Hospitals’ Readiness ofClinical Governance Quality Programs Based on Clinical Governance Climate Questionnaire Model (CGCQ)

Abstract

Background:In recent years, clinical governance introduced as amodel to determine continuous quality improvement principals in health services. This study considers assessing the readiness of selected hospitals clinical governance programsimplementation by using CGCQ instrument. Material and Methods: The survey was conducted in 14 private and public Hospitals in order to assess hospitals’ readiness to clinical governance programs implementation in Tehrancity. In this regards, 800 health professionals including physicians and nurses were inquired. Collected data analyzed by SPSS17 using correlation coefficient, mean comparison and descriptive tests. Results:Based on study results, both private and public hospitals had readiness to implement clinical governance program. Results of field survey revealed mean score of organizational climate of clinical governance (3.14) is higher than average score (2.5) in selected Hospitals. Conclusion: This survey demonstrated the necessary readiness to implement clinical governance programs is in an acceptable rangein assessed hospitals. Moreover, there is a big effort to use a unique and comprehensive strategy with the intention ofcontinuous quality improvement in health services.

Keywords

• clinical governance
• organizational climate
• hospital
• iran