Clinical Governance
Transparency, accountability, and clinical safety documentation for OpenBook Clinical. This section is designed for clinicians, procurement teams, ethics committees, and anyone evaluating OpenBook Clinical for institutional use.
Governance Documents
Evidence Methodology
How OpenBook Clinical retrieves, grades, and synthesises clinical evidence. Covers evidence sources, the NHMRC hierarchy, AI synthesis pipeline, and citation integrity. Required reading for university and hospital procurement.
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Known Limitations
A frank and complete disclosure of what OpenBook Clinical is and is not, known technical limitations including AI hallucination rates, database coverage gaps, and synthesis quality bounds.
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Clinical Risk Management
Our clinical risk management framework, risk classification, incident reporting procedures, and governance oversight for clinical safety. Aligned with Australian clinical governance standards.
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Evidence Grades
A plain-language explanation of the NHMRC evidence hierarchy used by OpenBook Clinical — what each level means, how to interpret grades in practice, and how to apply them in clinical decision-making.
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OpenBook Clinical is classified as clinical decision support (CDS) software — specifically, a literature retrieval and evidence synthesis tool for Australian allied health professionals registered with AHPRA. It is not a diagnostic device and does not make patient-specific treatment recommendations.
Our clinical governance approach is designed to be transparent, honest, and consistent with the expectations of AHPRA-regulated professionals and the organisations that employ them. We publish our methodology, acknowledge our limitations, and maintain documented procedures for clinical risk management and incident response.