title: The European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics Policy Statement no. 15: recommended guidelines on the role of the Medical Physicist within the hospital governance board.
abstract: This EFOMP Policy Statement presents an outline on hospital governance and encourages the participation of the Medical Physicist in the hospital governance. It also emphasises how essential it is for Medical Physicists to engage in their hospital's governing board's committees for the overall good of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Research Foundation, P.O. Box 24039, 1700 Nicosia, Cyprus. Electronic address: c4stelios@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Stelios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christofides
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Physics and Bioengineering, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D005060:Europe; D006075:Governing Board; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006283:Health Physics; D006739:Hospital Administration; D057766:Policy; D011050:Policy Making; D012955:Societies, Medical
keywords: Hospital governance board; Medical physicist; Policy making; Strategic decisions