European Society for Quality in Healthcare Initiatives
European Society for Quality in Healthcare (ESQH) is dedicated to promoting communication and championing quality in healthcare across Europe. Founded in 1998, ESQH collaborates with various stakeholders to stimulate innovation and enhance healthcare quality. With special interest offices and partnerships in European programs, ESQH focuses on quality indicators, cross-border healthcare, clinical guidelines, patient participation, and more. Their projects include the Self-Assessment Network, European Accreditation Network SANITAS, and mapping existing European guidance into a toolkit for hospital assessment.
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European Society for Quality in Healthcare European Society for Quality in Healthcare Founded 1998 to promote communication between the stakeholders in European health quality champion quality in healthcare in Europe stimulate innovation in healthcare quality in Europe
Members are National Societies for Quality in Healthcare European Society for Quality in Healthcare Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Lithuania Luxembourg The Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom
ESQH special interest offices European Society for Quality in Healthcare Aarhus: Quality Indicators Athens: cross-border health care Barcelona: quality of elderly, mental health and social care services Berlin: clinical guidelines Gothenburg: Transfer between Industry and Healthcare Krakow: Quality in Eastern & Central Europe Padua: Patient Participation Vienna: knowledge transfer
Partners in European programmes European Society for Quality in Healthcare EC funded R&D: MARQuIS Simpatie DUQuE EUNetPaS EC working groups Health Policy Forum Patient safety and quality
NGO projects European Society for Quality in Healthcare European Accreditation Network SANITAS
Self-Assessment Network Initial Testing and Standards European Society for Quality in Healthcare Partners include European NGOs: Association Hospital Managers (EAHM) Association for Private Hospitals (UEHP). Health Management Association (EHMA) Standing Committee of Doctors (CPME) Patients Forum (EPF) Union of Public Health Associations (EUPHA) European Committee for Standardization (CEN)
Project design European Society for Quality in Healthcare Map existing European guidance, directives, recommendations into a toolkit for hospital assessment Field test draft by voluntary self-assessment in a sample of hospitals Peer review to validate self-assessments, identify training needs Evaluate the guidance, assessment procedure and compliance
Sources of standards for Europe European Society for Quality in Healthcare Legal rights and responsibilities of patients Biomedical, health service research EC implementation guidelines, directives Complementary, validated standards from national and European authorities Validated cross-border indicators International consensus on standards- based assessment of hospitals
Open conference: Quality Improvement in Europe 19, 20 May 2011 Krakow European Society for Quality in Healthcare In conjunction with: European Commission WHO Europe Ministry of Health, Poland International Society for Quality in Healthcare See www.esqh.net
