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Clinical Governance: An International Journal

Informing continuous improvement for healthcare

ISSN: 1477-7274

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Editorial Objectives

Clinical Governance: An International Journal aims to probe uncertainty, ask questions and explore the practical application of efforts to introduce quality assurance mechanisms into the delivery of care. The journal takes an international stance and covers key developments worldwide which can inform best practice in health care. We seek to develop both the body of knowledge about clinical governance practice and the underlying methodologies which can contribute to its development.

We have three key, international audiences: clinicians, managers, and academics and policy makers.

Clinicians (doctors, nurses and other practitioners) will find articles with clear messages and practical relevance to high quality patient care and safe, effective outcomes. Managers will discover information on the continuing development and effective application of clinical governance. The academic and policy-making audience will read examples where theoretical concepts and practical experiences have been translated into methodologies that can inform understanding, policy and practice.
 

Editorial Criteria

The journal publishes:

• Research articles which illustrate clear implications for practice clinical practice or governance
• Results-focused: case studies which discuss more widely applicable problems and successes in clinical governance methodologies and techniques
• Special issues on topical themes

 All papers are peer reviewed to ensure their validity and value to current debates and the improvement of clinical outcomes.

Scope/Coverage

• The deployment of evidence-based practice and guidelines
• Risk management
• Patient involvement and welfare
• Policy and strategy
• Systems approaches to clinical governance
• Governance of information in the clinical setting

Regular sections in the journal include: North American or other continental Perspectives; Reviews of Effectiveness from NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination; Digests of Evidence; Digest of Drugs from the Wolfson Unit, Newcastle; and, Health Technology Assessment Executive Summaries.

Topicality

The field of clinical governance, and quality standards in health care in general, is developing rapidly.  Because of these rapid developments, the Editors are aware of the need to commission and publish new work as quickly as possible. New guidelines and legal issues are also featured.

Key Benefits

Subscribing to the journal will provide:

• Help to improve the quality of health care
• The means to implement effective and efficient change
• The latest on practice and trends in health provision
• An objective view on what does and does not work
• New methods and techniques to evaluate your care

Key Journal Audiences

Clinical and non-clinical professionals working in a wide range of healthcare-related activities, such as:

• Clinical Governance leaders
• Clinical Directors and medical managers
• Commissioners
• Nursing Managers/Directors
• General Practitioners/Family Doctors
• Practice Managers
• Pharmaceutical company managers
• Health insurance managers
• Academic and research institutions in medicine
• Health Consultants
• Policy makers

Clinical Governance: An International Journal is Indexed and Abstracted in:

• ABI/INFORM
• British Library
• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
• CINAHL
• EMBASE - Excerpta medica database
• Health Service Abstracts
• Mosby Index
• Mosby Nursing Consult
• ProQuest
• SCOPUS

Clinical Governance: An International Journal is available as part of an online subscription to the Emerald Health & Social Care eJournals Collection. For more information, please email collections@emeraldinsight.com or visit the Emerald Health & Social Care eJournals Collection page.

This journal is a member of and subscribes to the
principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics.