• Leadership and culture
• Patient safety and quality improvement system
• Clinical performance and effectiveness
• Policies and procedures
• Safe environment for the delivery of care
• Partnering with consumers

• Support and Leadership
  
• System Design and Coordination
  
• Communication and Education
  
• Performance Measurement and Improvement 
  
• Environment Management and Risk Management
  
• Patient and Consumer Engagement
  
• Support and Leadership
  
  
  

Optimal resource allocation ensures healthcare facilities access to essential staff, equipment, and supplies, facilitating prompt and efficient care delivery. This directly links to clinical outcomes from patient satisfaction and treatment effectiveness.

Performance Monitoring and Improvement:

Monitoring performance allows clinical managers to identify areas for improvement and implement relevant interventions, thus directly impacting clinical outcomes. By addressing these areas proactively, clinical managers can improve patient care processes and ultimately lead to better clinical outcomes.

Clinical Decision-Making Support:

Implementing safety protocols and initiatives such as the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards(NSQHS) reduces the incidence of medical errors, promoting a safer care environment and ultimately leading to improved health outcomes.

Clinical management is operationally focused, handling activities like resource allocation, while clinical governance represents a strategic method, setting overarching goals and policies for safe, high-quality care.

Authority and Accountability:

Clinical managers have authority over departmental operations and are accountable for performance, while the governing body in clinical governance holds ultimate authority and accountability for organisational governance.

Continuous Improvement:

Clinical management carries out ongoing quality improvement within departments, while clinical governance oversees continuous improvement efforts across the organisation to enhance patient safety and care quality.

• A part of the clinical governance process, a quality of care policy will be created, and the clinical management will be responsible for implementing that policy.
• Clinical governance has responsibility to identify the risks such as fall, medication errors, unsafe blood transfusion, unsafe injection practices, patient misidentification, etc. While clinical management will integrate risk management and apply it as a consideration during the health service delivery process.
• A key responsibility of the clinical governance is to ensure that patients have access information related to their health information, treatment methods, and outcomes of their treatments. In order to achieve this goal, clinical management must involve patients in making decisions and work with them to develop effective care plans.

Clinical outcome Components:

• Health outcome-related performance indicators

• Standardised Measures of Health Status and Health-related Quality of Life(HRQoL) 

• “The Health Evaluation Cycle”

• “The Health Outcomes Jigsaw”

• Quality Improvement

Health outcomes play a vital role in assessing the effectiveness, safety, and quality of healthcare services, providing valuable insights into the impact of interventions on patient health and well-being, and guiding continuous quality improvement efforts within healthcare systems.