British Journal of Clinical Governance: Volume 5 Issue 3
Table of contents
Audit on prescription of long‐term oxygen treatment
P. Shankar, M.M. MuthiahAn audit was undertaken to assess the compliance to British Thoracic Society guidelines (1997) in the prescription of long‐term oxygen treatment (LTOT) in Bassetlaw District…
A strategic approach to falls prevention
Maureen Carson, Jonathan CookAs part of the Trust’s clinical governance arrangements and to facilitate a systematic approach to clinical governance a risk assessment was conducted. This assessment identified…
Risk management in practice: how are we managing?
Anne HarrisAims to identify awareness of and involvement in risk assessments, training, incident reporting, information giving and consenting in an acute health care context. Explores how…
Access, satisfaction, and utilization in two forms of Medicaid managed care
Wally R. Smith, J. James Cotter, Donna K. McClish, Viktor E. Bovbjerg, Louis F. RossiterWe determined access and satisfaction of 2,598 recipients of Virginia’s Medicaid program, comparing its health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to its primary care case management…
Clinical effectiveness on an acute in‐patient psychiatric unit
E.H. Collier, S. PykeThe paper outlines a model for addressing clinical effectiveness, and an illustration of how this is practically implemented through team working in a multidisciplinary in‐patient…
Clinical governance: its origins and its foundations
S. Nicholls, R. Cullen, S. O’Neill, A. HalliganThis article from the NHS Clinical Governance Support Team (NCGST) outlines the development of quality concerns since the NHS was founded in 1948. It traces the development of…
Clinical governance and clinical documentation: still a long way to go?
Jane CowanMaintaining good standards of clinical documentation remains a problem in the health service despite continued and consistent advice from protection organisations and professional…