Health Outcomes: Towards the Accreditation of Respiratory Medicine Departments

José Manuel Álvarez-Dobaño; Gerardo Atienza; Carlos Zamarrón; María Elena Toubes; Lucía Ferreiro; Vanessa Riveiro; Ana Casal; Juan Suárez-Antelo; Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez; Adriana Lama-López; Carlos Rábade-Castedo; Carlota Rodríguez-García; Tamara Lourido-Cebreiro; Jorge Ricoy; Romina Abelleira; Antonio Golpe; Beatriz Pais; Francisco Javier González-Barcala; Luis Valdés

doi:10.1016/j.arbres.2021.01.007

Health Outcomes: Towards the Accreditation of Respiratory Medicine Departments

Arch Bronconeumol (Engl Ed). 2021 Feb 3:S0300-2896(21)00029-6. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2021.01.007. Online ahead of print.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

José Manuel Álvarez-Dobaño¹, Gerardo Atienza², Carlos Zamarrón³, María Elena Toubes³, Lucía Ferreiro⁴, Vanessa Riveiro³, Ana Casal³, Juan Suárez-Antelo³, Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez³, Adriana Lama-López³, Carlos Rábade-Castedo³, Carlota Rodríguez-García³, Tamara Lourido-Cebreiro³, Jorge Ricoy³, Romina Abelleira³, Antonio Golpe¹, Beatriz Pais², Francisco Javier González-Barcala¹, Luis Valdés¹

Affiliations

¹ Servicio de Neumología, Complejo Hospitalario Clínico-Universitario de Santiago, Grupo Interdisciplinar de Investigación en Neumología, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias de Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, España.
² Unidad de Calidad y Seguridad del Paciente, Subdirección de Calidad, Área Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela y Barbanza, Santiago de Compostela, España.
³ Servicio de Neumología, Complejo Hospitalario Clínico-Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, España.
⁴ Servicio de Neumología, Complejo Hospitalario Clínico-Universitario de Santiago, Grupo Interdisciplinar de Investigación en Neumología, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias de Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, España. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 33678474
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2021.01.007

Abstract

National health systems must ensure compliance with conditions such as equity, efficiency, quality, and transparency. Since it is the right of society to know the health outcomes of its healthcare system, our aim was to develop a proposal for the accreditation of respiratory medicine departments in terms of care, teaching, and research, measuring health outcomes using quality of care indicators. The management tools proposed in this article should be implemented to improve outcomes and help us achieve our objectives. Promoting accreditation can serve as a stimulus to improve clinical management and enable professionals to take on greater leadership roles and take action to improve outcomes in patient care.

Keywords: Accreditation; Acreditación; Clinical management; Gestión clínica; Health outcomes; Indicadores; Indicators; Neumología; Respiratory medicine; Resultados de salud.