the general authority for health care has announced the completion of the evaluation of the application of clinical governance elements in health facilities of the authority in the new comprehensive health insurance governorates port said luxor ismailia with the aim of establishing an integrated clinical governance system in those facilities through which the highest quality levels are guaranteed to carehealth provided and their conformity to international standardsdr ahmed al sobky chairman of the board of directors of the general authority for health care assistant minister of health and population general supervisor of the comprehensive health insurance project said that clinical governance is a set of frameworks responsibilities controls and relationships that regulate the institutional framework of the authority responsible for providing health services along with the status ofwork evidence for clinical practices and paths a follow up system and reports to perform medical services with specific indicators and mechanisms an integrated system to ensure patient safety and quality improvement systems in line with international standardsdr ahmed al sobky added that the application of clinical governance systems in facilities of the health care authority ensures that health services and care provided in these facilities are safe and high quality health services as well as achieving the safety and right of the patient to medical and therapeutic care in accordance with protocols and treatment curricula that match the highest international safety and quality standardsal subki continued that the application of clinical governance ensures that the network of health service providers in these facilities including doctors pharmacists nursing technicians and other service providers are committed to achieving the goals of governance and that all of them are subject to accountability by patients and society to confirm the quality safety effectiveness secure and integration of medical services provided to patients and the continuity of workto improve it raise its level and conform to international standardsal sobky continued that the evaluation of the application of clinical governance elements has been completed in the facilities of the health care authority in the three comprehensive health insurance governorates to identify strengths and weaknessworkers and unifying clinical practices according to the latest internationally approved therapeutic instructions and protocols ensuring the quality of health care provided to beneficiaries with comprehensive health insurance servicesdr ahmed al sobky chairman of the health care authority stressed the authoritys keenness to adhere to the application of quality standards within its health facilities noting that the quality is the cornerstone of building a healthy and strong health system for all egyptians and placing medical facilities in egypt on an equal footing with the highest medical centers inthe world in line with the strategic directions of the authority towards providing an advanced model of health care in egypt and with international qualitydr magdy bakr advisor to the chairman of the health care authority for technical affairs pointed out that the application of clinical governance elements was evaluated in the facilities of the health care authority in cooperation with the world health organization and by a