The Influence of Hospital Governance on the Organisational Success: A Study Done at King Fahad Hospital, Al-Baha, KSA

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Albaha University Medical Center, Albaha University, AL-Baha, Saudi Arabia

2 Nursing Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Albaha University, AL-Baha, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Background: it has been approved that there is a link between the corporate governance and
the success of the organisation. The aim of this study is to assess the influence of hospital
governance on the organisational success at King Fahad Hospital, Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia. Methods:
In this research, questionnaire is incorporated to evaluate the hospital organisational success and
corporate governance which composes of different validated sections. The collected data was
analysed through using statistical tool of SPSS using various methods. Results: The findings of this
study showed that there was a significant impact of the accountability, social responsibility,
transparency, and the hospital management board on the hospital organisational success.
Transparency is one of the important factors which impose influence on the organisational success;
however, hospital management board is also one of the significant factor contributing to the
organisational success. With respect to health care, the social responsibility of the hospitals is the
need to offer quality healthcare to their patients so they will become socially responsible about the
quality of healthcare offered. Conclusion: The study conludes that the organisational success is
highly dependent on the hospital governance which consists of transparency, accountability, social
responsibility and internal monitoring. Hospital governance play a pivotal role and push the
organisation to implement it and make it a part of their strateies. Similar hospital is as King Fahad
hospital.

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