Can a clinical senate enhance state-wide clinician engagement? A survey study.

Conclusion A clinical senate model can facilitate state-wide clinician engagement.What is known about the topic? High levels of clinical engagement foster a culture within healthcare organisations that is associated with the delivery of sustained high-quality, safe and efficient services. This has led to a focus on strategies to optimise clinical engagement in healthcare planning and reform. However, there is limited data exploring how to achieve clinical engagement at a state, rather than local, level within the healthcare system.What does this paper add? This survey study evaluates the effectiveness of the Western Australian clinical senate model in achieving clinical engagement at a state level with regard to the outcomes of quality and safety, planning and reform. The survey findings suggest the clinical senate model is an effective strategy for state-based clinical engagement.What are the implications for practitioners? Clinical engagement is important. It is necessary to have in place strategies that address not only local engagement within a health service, but also system-wide engagement in order to promote quality and safety, planning and reform agendas at a state level. PMID: 27978420 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian Health Review - Category: Hospital Management Authors: Tags: Aust Health Rev Source Type: research