Quality indicators in intensive care medicine for Germany – third edition 2017

Kumpf, Oliver; Braun, Jan-Peter; Brinkmann, Alexander; Bause, Hanswerner; Bellgardt, Martin; Bloos, Frank; Dubb, Rolf; Greim, Clemens; Kaltwasser, Arnold; Marx, Gernot; Riessen, Reimer; Spies, Claudia; Weimann, Jörg; Wöbker, Gabriele; Muhl, Elke; Waydhas, Christian

doi:10.3205/000251

GMS German Medical Science (Aug 2017)

Quality indicators in intensive care medicine for Germany – third edition 2017

Kumpf, Oliver,
Braun, Jan-Peter,
Brinkmann, Alexander,
Bause, Hanswerner,
Bellgardt, Martin,
Bloos, Frank,
Dubb, Rolf,
Greim, Clemens,
Kaltwasser, Arnold,
Marx, Gernot,
Riessen, Reimer,
Spies, Claudia,
Weimann, Jörg,
Wöbker, Gabriele,
Muhl, Elke,
Waydhas, Christian

Affiliations

Kumpf, Oliver: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
Braun, Jan-Peter: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Martin-Luther Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany
Brinkmann, Alexander: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum Heidenheim, Germany
Bause, Hanswerner: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Asklepiosklinikum Altona, Hamburg, Germany
Bellgardt, Martin: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. Josef-Hospital, Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Bloos, Frank: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
Dubb, Rolf: Kreiskliniken Reutlingen, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fachkrankenpflege und Funktionsdienste (DGF), Germany
Greim, Clemens: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum Fulda, Germany
Kaltwasser, Arnold: Kreiskliniken Reutlingen, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fachkrankenpflege und Funktionsdienste (DGF), Germany
Marx, Gernot: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Universitätsklinikum RTWH Aachen, Germany
Riessen, Reimer: Zentralbereich des Departments für Innere Medizin, Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Germany
Spies, Claudia: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
Weimann, Jörg: Department of Anesthesiology and Interdisciplinary Intensive Care Medicine, Sankt Gertrauden-Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany
Wöbker, Gabriele: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Helios-Klinikum Wuppertal, Germany
Muhl, Elke: Department of Surgery, Medical University of Schleswig Holstein, Kiel, Germany
Waydhas, Christian: Department of Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3205/000251
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15
p. Doc10

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Quality improvement in medicine is depending on measurement of relevant quality indicators. The quality indicators for intensive care medicine of the German Interdisciplinary Society of Intensive Care Medicine (DIVI) from the year 2013 underwent a scheduled evaluation after three years. There were major changes in several indicators but also some indicators were changed only minimally. The focus on treatment processes like , , and , as well as the number of 10 indicators were not changed. Most topics remained except for which was introduced instead of . was added as an outcome indicator. These quality indicators are used in the peer review in intensive care, a method endorsed by the DIVI. A validity period of three years is planned for the quality indicators.

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ISSN: 1612-3174 (Online)
Publisher: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Medicine
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