Medical center for quality in medicine

Medical Center for Quality in Medicine ; (ÄZQ)
legal form	GbR
founding	March 1995, Cologne
founder	Federal Medical Association , National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians
Seat	Berlin , Germany
main emphasis	Promotion of health care through development and use of evidence-based guidelines, knowledge transfer in health care
Action space	Germany
Chair	Andreas Gassen and Klaus Reinhardt
Managing directors	Christian Thomeczek
Website	www.aezq.de

The Medical Center for Quality in Medicine (ÄZQ) is a scientific institute jointly sponsored by the German Medical Association and the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians . The ÄZQ was founded in 1995 and has been based in Berlin (previously Cologne ) since 2004 . The chairmen of the board are the president of the German Medical Association and the board chairman of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians. The first director of the institute was Günter Ollenschläger from 1995 to March 2014.

tasks

The ÄZQ is the joint competence center of the German Medical Association and the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians for medical guidelines , patient information , patient safety and evidence-based medicine

The ÄZQ cooperates in the field of guidelines with the working group of scientific medical societies .

The institute is a co-initiator and member of the German Evidence-Based Medicine Network , the Guidelines International Network and the Patient Safety Action Alliance .

chosen projects

Patient safety : "Patient Safety Forum" at ÄZQ, now "Patient Safety Online"; German coordination center of the international project High 5 together with the patient safety alliance ; Coordination center of the reporting and learning system of the German Medical Association for critical events and errors in medicine CIRSmedical Germany
Doctor rating portals : clearing procedure for doctor rating portals at the ÄZQ
Medical guidelines :
- Supply guidelines : National supply guidelines from BÄK, KBV and AWMF at ÄZQ
- ÄZQ guidelines information service,
- Guideline clearing process
Patient information : Patient information service of the medical profession at ÄZQ
Quality assurance in medicine : ÄZQ information program for quality management in outpatient care
Editing of the journal for evidence, training and quality in health care (1995 to 2020)

literature

Publications of the ÄZQ

Web links

Homepage of the ÄZQ
Patient safety online
ÄZQ guidelines information service
Patient information service from BÄK and KBV
Program for national supply guidelines from BÄK, KBV and AWMF
A. Encke: 15 years ÄZQ . ( Memento from March 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) ZEFQ 2010
"ÄZQ: 15 years of guidelines" Lecture by Sylvia Sänger at the ÄZQ Symposium 2011 (PDF)
T. Gerst: ÄZQ - Close to the Reality of Care , Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2011
C. Weymayr : The guideline wolf . ( Memento from March 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) brand eins 2012

C. Schaefer, B. Bürger, S. Singer: Festschrift for the departure of Günter Ollenschläger as head of the ÄZQ . ( Memento from September 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.6 MB), 2014

T. Gerst: The Lord of the National Health Care Guidelines , Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2014

Individual evidence

↑ G. Ollenschläger: Medical Center for Quality in Medicine 1995–2002 . ( Memento from February 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 145 kB) In: Gesundheitwesen , 2003, 64, pp. 413–416.
^ FU Montgomery. A. Gassen: 20 years of ÄZQ - a success story . ZEFQ, 2015, 109, pp. 750-751 (PDF; 1.2 MB). ( Memento from September 13, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
↑ T. Wirth: The Medical Center for Quality in Medicine. Goals, activities, results. Cologne 2020 ( Memento from July 28, 2020 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.9 MB). Dissertation, Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne, accessed July 28, 2020
↑ ÄZQ 1995 to 2010 . Medical Center for Quality in Medicine, Berlin, accessed March 27, 2016
↑ G. Ollenschläger, C. Thomeczek, S. Weinbrenner, C. Schaefer: Strategy ÄZQ 2020: inventory of the work and organization of the ÄZQ as well as suggestions for further development in terms of content and organization. Berlin 2011 ( Memento from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.2 MB). Medical Center for Quality in Medicine, Berlin, accessed March 31, 2014
↑ Günter Ollenschläger , C. Marshall, S. Qureshi et al .: Improving the quality of health care: using international collaboration to inform guideline programs by founding the Guidelines International Network (GIN) . In: Qual Saf Health Care , 2004, 13, pp. 455-460
↑ aktionsbuendnis-patientensicherheit.de
↑ Patient safety online link to the framework project of the various initiatives of the ÄZQ on patient safety, accessed on November 23, 2019
↑ B. Hoffmann, J. Rohe Barbara Hoffmann, Julia Rohe: Patient Safety and Error Management - What Causes Adverse Events and How Can They Be Prevented? . In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt International . 107, No. 6, 2010, pp. 92-99. doi : 10.3238 / arztebl.2010.0092 . PMID 20204120 . PMC 2832110 (free full text).
^ S. Schwarz, C. Schaefer, G. Ollenschläger: Doctor evaluation portals on the Internet: Pent-up demand when dealing with doctors . In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt , 2011, 108 (5), A-210 / B-164 / C-164
↑ G. Ollenschläger, I. Kopp: The German program for disease management guidelines. Results and perspectives . In: Med Klin (Munich), 2007, 102 (5), pp. 383-387, PMID 17497089
↑ S. Weinbrenner, S. Conrad, B. Weikert, I. Kopp: 7 years of National Supply Guidelines (NVL): Quo vadis? (PDF) In: Z. Evid. Training. Qual. Health (ZEFQ) , 2010, 104, pp. 533-539
↑ G. Ollenschläger, C. Thomeczek, H. Kirchner, U. Oesingmann, FW. Kolkmann, R. Kunz: The German Guidelines Clearing House (GGC) - Rationale, Aims and Results . (PDF; 1.7 MB) In: Proc R Coll Phys Edinb , 2001, 31 (Suppl 9), pp. 59-64
↑ C. Schaefer, S. Kirschning: "Well informed decisions: patient and consumer information at the ÄZQ . (PDF) In: Z. Evid. Fortbild. Qual. Gesundh.wesen (ZEFQ) , 2010, 104, pp. 578-584

[1] G. Ollenschläger: Medical Center for Quality in Medicine 1995–2002 . ( Memento from February 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 145 kB) In: Gesundheitwesen , 2003, 64, pp. 413–416.

[2] FU Montgomery. A. Gassen: 20 years of ÄZQ - a success story . ZEFQ, 2015, 109, pp. 750-751 (PDF; 1.2 MB). ( Memento from September 13, 2018 in the Internet Archive )

[3] T. Wirth: The Medical Center for Quality in Medicine. Goals, activities, results. Cologne 2020 ( Memento from July 28, 2020 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.9 MB). Dissertation, Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne, accessed July 28, 2020

[4] ÄZQ 1995 to 2010 . Medical Center for Quality in Medicine, Berlin, accessed March 27, 2016

[5] G. Ollenschläger, C. Thomeczek, S. Weinbrenner, C. Schaefer: Strategy ÄZQ 2020: inventory of the work and organization of the ÄZQ as well as suggestions for further development in terms of content and organization. Berlin 2011 ( Memento from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.2 MB). Medical Center for Quality in Medicine, Berlin, accessed March 31, 2014

[6] Günter Ollenschläger , C. Marshall, S. Qureshi et al .: Improving the quality of health care: using international collaboration to inform guideline programs by founding the Guidelines International Network (GIN) . In: Qual Saf Health Care , 2004, 13, pp. 455-460

[7] tionsbuendnis-patientensicherheit.de

[8] Patient safety online link to the framework project of the various initiatives of the ÄZQ on patient safety, accessed on November 23, 2019

[9] B. Hoffmann, J. Rohe Barbara Hoffmann, Julia Rohe: Patient Safety and Error Management - What Causes Adverse Events and How Can They Be Prevented? . In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt International . 107, No. 6, 2010, pp. 92-99. doi : 10.3238 / arztebl.2010.0092 . PMID 20204120 . PMC 2832110 (free full text).

[10] S. Schwarz, C. Schaefer, G. Ollenschläger: Doctor evaluation portals on the Internet: Pent-up demand when dealing with doctors . In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt , 2011, 108 (5), A-210 / B-164 / C-164

[11] G. Ollenschläger, I. Kopp: The German program for disease management guidelines. Results and perspectives . In: Med Klin (Munich), 2007, 102 (5), pp. 383-387, PMID 17497089

[12] S. Weinbrenner, S. Conrad, B. Weikert, I. Kopp: 7 years of National Supply Guidelines (NVL): Quo vadis? (PDF) In: Z. Evid. Training. Qual. Health (ZEFQ) , 2010, 104, pp. 533-539

[13] G. Ollenschläger, C. Thomeczek, H. Kirchner, U. Oesingmann, FW. Kolkmann, R. Kunz: The German Guidelines Clearing House (GGC) - Rationale, Aims and Results . (PDF; 1.7 MB) In: Proc R Coll Phys Edinb , 2001, 31 (Suppl 9), pp. 59-64

[14] C. Schaefer, S. Kirschning: "Well informed decisions: patient and consumer information at the ÄZQ . (PDF) In: Z. Evid. Fortbild. Qual. Gesundh.wesen (ZEFQ) , 2010, 104, pp. 578-584