The Australasian Institute of Clinical Governance (AICG) is a division of Health Education Australian Limited (HEAL).
While the HEAL name is well established within the medical education community, it was decided that the identified need for healthcare professionals to strengthen their skills in clinical governance was too important and warranted its own vision, purpose, framework and brand.
1 in 9 patients in Australian hospitals suffers a complication, with patient complications costing $4 billion a year for public hospitals and more than $1 billion a year for private hospitals1.
The Australasian Institute of Clinical Governance (AICG) was formed in direct response to an identified need for healthcare professionals to strengthen their skills in clinical governance to reduce the occurrence of adverse events. The decision was influenced by a number of reports, most recently the Victorian, Australia Government reports:
- Targeting Zero, a review of hospital safety and quality assurance in Victoria (October 2016, Duckett S., Cuddihy M., Newnham H.) and,
- Safer care saves money: How to improve patient care and save public money at the same time. (2018, Duckett, S., Jorm, C., Moran, G., and Parsonage, H. April 2018)
As such, we are committed to improving patient safety and quality care through health professional development and education programs in clinical governance competencies.
1 Duckett, S., Jorm, C., Moran, G., and Parsonage, H. (2018). Safer care saves money: How to improve patient care and save public money at the same time. Grattan Institute.