Clinical governance in primary care: Knowledge and information for clinical governance

Clinical governance in primary care: organisational development for clinical governance.

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Clinical governance in primary care: participating in clinical governance.

Clinical governance in primary care. Second edition

Stem cells are characterized by two defining features, the ability to self-renew and to differentiate into highly specialized cell types. The POU homeodomain transcription factor Oct4 (Pou5f1) is an essential mediator of the embryonic stem cell state and has been implicated in lineage specific differentiation, adult stem cell identity, and cancer. Recent description of the regulatory networks w...

Clinical governance in primary care Accountability for clinical governance: developing collective responsibility for quality in primary care

Accountability is at the heart of the concept of clinical governance. Not only must health professionals strive to improve the quality of care, they must also be able to show that they are doing so. The notion of accountability is not new—clinicians have long been accountable to their professional regulatory bodies. However, recent scandals about dangerous practice by doctors have damaged confi...

Clinical Governance in Primary Care Principles, Prerequisites and Barriers: A Systematic Review

Introduction: Primary care organizations are the entities through which clinical governance is developed at local level. To implement clinical governance in primary care, awareness about principles, prerequisites and barriers of this quality improvement paradigm is necessary. The aim of this study is to pool evidence about implementing clinical governance in primary care organizations. Data so...