title: Making policy and procedure systems work effectively.
abstract: Policy and procedure manuals can be cumbersome to keep current and updated. One approach to meet this challenge is by implementing a decentralized system to develop, review, revise and approve policies and procedures. Mechanisms to operationalize such a system involve sharing of responsibility and accountability of specified policies and procedures by various existing committees and development of coordinating systems and support mechanisms. Other key attributes of a decentralized system included collaboration and extensive communication strategies.
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authors.lastname: Virani
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*