Background Clinical Governance provides a framework for assessing and improving clinical quality through a single coherent program. Organizational appropriateness is aimed at achieving the best health outcomes and the most appropriate use of resources. The goal of the present study is to verify the likely relationship between Clinical Governance and appropriateness of hospital stay. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012 in an Italian Teaching Hospital. The OPTIGOV© (Optimizing Health Care Governance) methodology was used to quantify the level of implementation of Clinical Governance globally and in its main dimensions. Organizational appropriateness was measured retrospectively using the Italian version of the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol to analyze a random sample of medical records for each clinical unit. Pearson-correlation and multiple linear regression were used to test the relationship between the percentage of inappropriate days of hospital stay and the Clinical Governance implementation levels. Results 47 Units were assessed. The percentage of inappropriate days of hospital stay showed an inverse correlation with almost all the main Clinical Governance dimensions. Adjusted multiple regression analysis resulted in a significant association between the percentage of inappropriate days and the overall Clinical Governance score (β = −0.28; p < 0.001; R-squared = 0.8). EBM and Clinical Audit represented the Clinical Governance dimensions which had the strongest association with organizational appropriateness. Conclusions This study suggests that the evaluation of both Clinical Governance and organizational appropriateness through standardized and repeatable tools, such as OPTIGOV© and AEP, is a key strategy for healthcare quality. The relationship between the two underlines the central role of Clinical Governance, and especially of EBM and Clinical Audit, in determining a rational improvement of appropriateness levels.

Specchia, M. L., Poscia, A., Volpe, M., Parente, P., Capizzi, S., Cambieri, A., Damiani, G., Ricciardi, W., Optigov© Collaborating, G., De Belvis, A., Does clinical governance influence the appropriateness of hospital stay?, <<BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH>>, 2015; 15 (N/A): 142-N/A. [doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0795-2] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/65781]

Does clinical governance influence the appropriateness of hospital stay?

Specchia, Maria Lucia;Poscia, Andrea;Volpe, Massimo;Parente, Paolo;Capizzi, Silvio;Cambieri, Andrea;Damiani, Gianfranco;Ricciardi, Walter;De Belvis, Antonio
2015

Abstract

Background Clinical Governance provides a framework for assessing and improving clinical quality through a single coherent program. Organizational appropriateness is aimed at achieving the best health outcomes and the most appropriate use of resources. The goal of the present study is to verify the likely relationship between Clinical Governance and appropriateness of hospital stay. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012 in an Italian Teaching Hospital. The OPTIGOV© (Optimizing Health Care Governance) methodology was used to quantify the level of implementation of Clinical Governance globally and in its main dimensions. Organizational appropriateness was measured retrospectively using the Italian version of the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol to analyze a random sample of medical records for each clinical unit. Pearson-correlation and multiple linear regression were used to test the relationship between the percentage of inappropriate days of hospital stay and the Clinical Governance implementation levels. Results 47 Units were assessed. The percentage of inappropriate days of hospital stay showed an inverse correlation with almost all the main Clinical Governance dimensions. Adjusted multiple regression analysis resulted in a significant association between the percentage of inappropriate days and the overall Clinical Governance score (β = −0.28; p < 0.001; R-squared = 0.8). EBM and Clinical Audit represented the Clinical Governance dimensions which had the strongest association with organizational appropriateness. Conclusions This study suggests that the evaluation of both Clinical Governance and organizational appropriateness through standardized and repeatable tools, such as OPTIGOV© and AEP, is a key strategy for healthcare quality. The relationship between the two underlines the central role of Clinical Governance, and especially of EBM and Clinical Audit, in determining a rational improvement of appropriateness levels.
2015
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Specchia, M. L., Poscia, A., Volpe, M., Parente, P., Capizzi, S., Cambieri, A., Damiani, G., Ricciardi, W., Optigov© Collaborating, G., De Belvis, A., Does clinical governance influence the appropriateness of hospital stay?, <<BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH>>, 2015; 15 (N/A): 142-N/A. [doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0795-2] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/65781]
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