Alongside the projects of internal quality management and mandatory quality assurance there is a variety of quality driven projects across institutions initiated and run by various partners to continuously improve the quality of care. The multiplicity and characteristics of these projects are discussed on the basis of projects run by the BQS Institute between 2010 and 2013. In addition, useful interactions and linking with mandatory quality benchmarking and with internal quality management are discussed. (As supplied by publisher).
Keywords: Befragung; Benchmarking; Endoprothesenregister; Innovationsbegleitung; Patientensicherheit; Quality; Qualitätsindikatoren; Qualitätsinitiative; Qualitätsmanagement; Qualitätssicherung; Register; Risikoadjustierung; epidemiologic methods; epidemiologic studies; epidemiologische Studie; epidemiology; patient safety; quality assurance; quality assurance health care; quality control; quality indicator project; quality indicators; quality management; registries; reporting; risk assessment; risk factors; survey.
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