TY - JOUR
T1 - From accreditation to quality improvement-The Danish National Quality Programme
AU - Uggerby, Christian
AU - Kristensen, Solvejg
AU - Mackenhauer, Julie
AU - Knudsen, Søren Valgreen
AU - Bartels, Paul
AU - Johnsen, Søren Paaske
AU - Mainz, Jan
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PY - 2021/4/28
Y1 - 2021/4/28
N2 - The Danish government launched a new National Quality Programme (NQP) in healthcare in 2015. It has changed the focus from old public management in terms of accreditation, regulation, rules and standards to new public governance focusing on delivering high quality healthcare and outcomes of value for the patients, health professionals and the Danish healthcare system. The NQP aims to strengthen the focus on continuous quality improvement and the launch of the programme was accompanied by a decision to phase out accreditation of public hospitals. The NQP includes 1) eight specific national quality goals, 2) a national educational programme for quality management, and 3) establishment of quality improvement collaboratives. Since the establishment of the NQP the indicator results have improved in several important clinical areas. However, causal conclusions related to the effect of the NQP cannot yet be made. This perspective on quality paper aims to give a short introduction to the NQP and documented outcomes.
AB - The Danish government launched a new National Quality Programme (NQP) in healthcare in 2015. It has changed the focus from old public management in terms of accreditation, regulation, rules and standards to new public governance focusing on delivering high quality healthcare and outcomes of value for the patients, health professionals and the Danish healthcare system. The NQP aims to strengthen the focus on continuous quality improvement and the launch of the programme was accompanied by a decision to phase out accreditation of public hospitals. The NQP includes 1) eight specific national quality goals, 2) a national educational programme for quality management, and 3) establishment of quality improvement collaboratives. Since the establishment of the NQP the indicator results have improved in several important clinical areas. However, causal conclusions related to the effect of the NQP cannot yet be made. This perspective on quality paper aims to give a short introduction to the NQP and documented outcomes.
KW - healthcare system
KW - measurement of quality
KW - quality improvement
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U2 - 10.1093/intqhc/mzab071
DO - 10.1093/intqhc/mzab071
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33861335
AN - SCOPUS:85105835551
SN - 1353-4505
VL - 33
JO - International Journal for Quality in Health Care
JF - International Journal for Quality in Health Care
IS - 2
M1 - mzab071
ER -