title: Strengthening clinical governance through cultivating the line management role.
abstract: The implementation of clinical governance in health care services introduces increased responsibility and transparency around safety and quality into all staff roles. Encouraging staff to assume these responsibilities as part of their daily routine is fundamental to achieving effective clinical governance, and requires health care managers at all levels to embrace clinical governance leadership and management. Fostering this role will need to be approached skillfully if managers are to achieve effective leadership of clinical governance activities. This paper reviews the management and quality-related literature to explore how these roles may best be developed to ensure that health care managers are equipped and willing to undertake the critical task of translating clinical governance policy into day-to-day practice.
authors.affiliation: Victorian Quality Council, Level 7, 589 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia. Cathy.Balding@dhs.vic.gov.au
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balding
mesh_terms: D006270:Health Facility Administrators; D009313:National Health Programs; D015279:Organizational Culture; D024382:Professional Role; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014739:Victoria