Burden or blessing? Clinical governance in trauma: a trauma director's perspective

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present possible benefits of establishing a national trauma database to assist patient safety and continued clinical excellence in Australia.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper outlines how the management of trauma patients is organised.

Findings

It is shown that to continue to engage clinicians, rationalisation of clinical governance structure is required. This will require leadership to improve efficacy and reduce duplication of workloads.

Originality/value

It is concluded that, given the right conditions, Australia could commence a national trauma database similar to the American or British systems where minimum data sets are recorded and reap the benefits with improved safety and outcome in trauma patients on a national basis.

Citation

Grabs, A.J. (2009), "Burden or blessing? Clinical governance in trauma: a trauma director's perspective", Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 52-53. https://doi.org/10.1108/14777270910933460