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U Oesingmann

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PubMed2004

[Glossary on patient safety -- a contribution to on-target-definition and to appreciate the subjects of "patient safety"].

Since the release of the report "To Err is Human" by the American Institute of Medicine (IOM) the subject "Medical Risks, Errors and Patient Safety" has gained increasing interest in literature. In Germany, neither extensive statistics nor generally significant epidemiological studies regarding common errors associated with damages caused to patients' health exist. In recent years the subject has become increasingly interesting both in specialist discussion and it the lay press; it has become evident that the different use of terms, especially those originating from the Anglo-Saxon language, can lead to misunderstandings. Hence, as one of the first steps of its action programme, the expert panel "Patient Safety" of the German Agency for Quality in Medicine has compiled a glossary of technical terms to provide adequate support to the discussion this important subject of nomenclature.

Germany↗
PubMed2003

[The German Quality Management System for Outpatient Care (Q-M-A) Checklist--an instrument for assessing quality management systems in outpatient care].

Quality management systems had originally been designed for industrial purposes and were hardly applicable for small enterprises, there have been adjustments to the two main applications EFQM and ISO enabling utilisation also in ambulatory care. There are also different approaches like the Dutch Visitatiae concept which reflects the needs of GP's and is based on peer exchange. The presented paper gives an overview of existing quality management and certification systems and presents an instrument for evaluation. This checklist was developed by an interdisciplinary expert panel of the Agency for Quality in Medicine and serves as an aid for users and graders of quality management systems with regard to the feasibility of these systems.

Ambulatory Care↗
PubMed2000

[Guidelines and evidence-based medicine in Germany].

Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are increasingly common in the German health care system. The German physicians' self-governmental body's position regarding CPGs as a tool of Evidence-based medicine (EBM) was described in a joint policy paper concerning quality in health care in late 1998. The German Medical Association (GMA) and the National Association for Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (NASHIP) stated that "the principles of EBM should be implemented into the German Health Care System" by the following means: to assess systematically and appraise critically the evidence in health care to develop evidence-based consensus CPGs for priority problems in health care to implement CPGs using graduate, post-graduate, and continuing medical education, as well as audits and CPG-based information management to evaluate quality in health care against the background of CPGs. The following paper will discuss the aims and scopes and the limits of this concept.

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PubMed1999

[The guideline clearing programme of the self-governmental bodies in the German health care system--a project to promote quality assurance in medicine].

Within the German health system guidelines are increasing considered as a meaningful and necessary aid to decision making. In this context the effectiveness of guidelines essentially depends on their methodical quality. Because of the fact that most of the German-language guidelines introduced within the past years show obvious methodological defects, the Agency for Quality in Medicine developed within the last two years the following programme for quality-assurance and promotion of guidelines: 1. Definition of quality policies for clinical practice guidelines in Germany 2. Establishment of quality demands for guidelines 3. Methods and instruments for quality promotion of guideline programmes 4. Measures to promote and check the quality of guidelines ("German Guidelines Clearinghouse") The following article reports on background, aims, instruments, method development and acceptance of the programme.

Delivery of Health Care↗
PubMed1998

[Checklist for methodological quality of guidelines. A contribution to quality promotion of medical guidelines].

The society of physicians of Germany and the society of panel physicians laid down in the "assessment criteria for guidelines in medical care" what kind of demands the medical selfadministration makes on guidelines. This measure also had the goal to support and strengthen the efforts of the AWMF for guidelines of high value. On the basis of these assessment criteria, a tool was compiled for the systematic registration and documentation of quality criteria for good guidelines for the first time in areas of German language. This check list is guided by the structure and content of the "Criteria for Appraisal for National Guidelines" by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network.

Germany↗
PubMed1998

[Medical guidelines in Germany--current status and future developments].

Medical guidelines are considered more and more as a meaningful and necessary tool ensuring a high quality of medical care. However, some doubts were recently mentioned concerning the quality of German guidelines. In 1997, the Society of Physicians of Germany and the Association of Panel Physicians have therefore initiated a program for the promotion of the quality of guidelines in Germany. Tools have been developed with the purpose to report and assess the quality of guidelines. Additionally, a "clearing-procedure for guidelines" and recommendations for the development of evidence-based guidelines were introduced. Background and content of these evaluation tools are reported in this article.

Education, Medical, Continuing↗
PubMed1997

[A concept for a clearing procedure for guidelines in Germany].

Guidelines are efficient tools for the maintenance and improvement of the quality of care and contribute to the increase of the efficacy of care. However, the quality of guidelines has not been investigated or improved much in Germany. This is especially true for the formal assessment of guidelines regarding the collection and evaluation of evidence, their feasibility and their effects on health economy. There is an internationally recognized method available to examine and evaluate current and new guidelines with respect to these three categories. This paper proposes a clearing procedure for guidelines in Germany to systematically improve the quality of guidelines and to offer authors as well as users of guidelines valuable informations.

Germany↗