Clinical engagement: a new concept or common sense all round?

Clinical engagement: a new concept or common sense all round? Aust Health Rev. 2018 Jul 19;: Authors: Bolsin S, Carter J, Kitson A, Walter D, Roberts S Abstract Clinical engagement has supplemented clinical governance in healthcare to strengthen the contribution of medical professionals to the assessment of clinical outcomes for patients. Assessments of clinical engagement have, until now, been qualitative; this case study introduces the concept of quantitative assessment of clinical engagement by measuring the number of patients managed according to specialist society guidelines. Such an assessment engages all staff (medical, nursing, allied health and pharmacy) involved in patients receiving treatment according to such guidelines and provides an assessment of individual and organisational compliance with those guidelines. Clinical engagement is then quantified as the percentage of patients that have been documented to receive specialist society- or college-approved guideline-compliant treatment, relative to the total number who could receive such treatment, in any healthcare organisation.What is known about the topic? Clinical engagement has emerged in recent years as a virtue to be encouraged in healthcare organisations because of its association with improved patient outcomes and employee satisfaction. Assessments have relied on repeated staff surveys in order to gauge engagement.What does this paper add? This paper proposes a no...
Source: Australian Health Review - Category: Hospital Management Authors: Tags: Aust Health Rev Source Type: research