World J Surg Surg Res | Volume 5, Issue 1 | Review Article | Open Access

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

Noppeney T^1,2*, Cucuruz B^1,3, Pfister K², Andercou O^1,4 and Nüllen H⁵

¹Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Martha-Maria Hospital, Germany ²Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany ³Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Halle, Germany ⁴Department of General and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Cluj, Romania ⁵Vascular Surgery and Phlebology, Dresden, Germany

^*Correspondance to: Noppeney T 

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

Citation:

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..