Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Indicators (QI) in the Treatment of Varicose Veins

Noppeney T, Cucuruz B, Pfister K, Andercou O and Nüllen H

Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Martha-Maria Hospital, Germany Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Halle, Germany Department of General and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Cluj, Romania Vascular Surgery and Phlebology, Dresden, Germany

^*Correspondance to: Noppeney T 

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Abstract:

Quality Assurance (QA) is an element of Quality Management (QM). QA is an original duty of service providers in medicine. It begins with the systematic collection of data from the respective [health care] processes with the aim of converting the documented quality into measurable parameters. The goal is to generate indicators that quantify the documented quality. The preferred instruments of QA are quality registries. Examples of Quality Indicators from the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine (DGG) Varicose Vein Quality Registry are presented.

Keywords:

Quality management; Quality assurance; Quality indicators; Quality registries; Varicose veins

Cite the Article:

Noppeney T, Cucuruz B, Pfister K, Andercou O, Nüllen H. Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Indicators (QI) in the Treatment of Varicose Veins. World J Surg Surgical Res. 2022; 5: 1403..