title: [Clinical governance and continuous quality improvement in surgical organizations].
abstract: Recently the awareness had progressively strengthened that the main interest of health care organizations is effectiveness and appropriateness of clinical performance. They have a statutory duty to seek quality improvement through clinical governance. All health care operators are involved in clinical governance implementation, in respect of their organizational positions toward continuous quality improvement. In this way health care organizations, professionals and patients will benefit of outcomes of the change.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Messina, Dipartimento di Patalogia Umana.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Finocchiaro
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paparo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gitto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parisi
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D054976:Clinical Governance / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D013502:General Surgery / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000592:standards; D006296:Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007857:Leadership; D008485:Medical Audit; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011787:Quality of Health Care