EFFECT OF HOSPITAL BOARD GOVERNANCE PRACTICES ON PATIENT SAFETY OUTCOME

Abstract

Patient safety is a healthcare discipline that can be defined as the prevention of harm caused by healthcare services with special attention to the reporting, analysis, and prevention of medical errors that may lead to an adverse health care event (IOM, 2004). Hospital board is accountable for the safety of the care its hospital provides (Feesko & Rubenstein, 2013). It therefore has a fundamental governance role in the oversight of patient safety by setting objectives, formulating strategy and designing systems of hospital control (Millar et al., 2013).