Evidence-based management in clinical governance.

Area of Science:

• Healthcare Management
• Clinical Governance
• Evidence-Based Practice

Background:

• Growing need for collaboration between health education and health industry sectors.
• Limited application of clinical governance literature in management practice.
• Need for enhanced evidence-based management in healthcare.

Purpose of the Study:

• To describe a strategy for utilizing clinical governance literature to enhance management practice.
• To detail a partnership model between a clinician manager and a nurse academic.
• To promote collaboration between tertiary health education and health industry sectors.

Main Methods:

• Development of a partnership between a clinician manager and a nurse academic.
• Utilization of clinical governance literature.
• Application of evidence-based management principles.

Main Results:

• Improved access for clinician managers to up-to-date clinical governance research.
• Enhanced ability for clinician managers to apply research findings in practice.
• Facilitation of evidence-based management policy and decision-making.

Conclusions:

• The clinician manager-nurse academic partnership is a valuable initiative for enhancing healthcare management.
• This model can be adopted by healthcare managers and academics to improve evidence-based practice.
• Strengthened collaboration between sectors leads to better management decisions and policies.