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clinical governance  

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  • Clinical governance is a term first used within the National Health Service (NHS)—the United Kingdom's state-funded health system—to describe a process for maintenance, improvement, monitoring, and accountability for clinical standards. The responsibility for clinical governance rests with the chief executive of all NHS bodies. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Clinical Governance]

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