Quality assurance of psychiatric consultations in somatic hospitals

Bille, H.; Jakhelln, F.; Malt, U.F.; Roaldset, J.O.; Tveiten, O.; Watne, O.; Herzog, T.; Huyse, F.

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin Ny Raekke 118(27): 4213-4215

1998


ISSN/ISBN: 0029-2001
PMID: 9857804
Document Number: 494489
Research has shown great variety in the clinical practice of consultation-liaison psychiatry in and between different countries. This paper presents the Norwegian experiences from a European collaborative study of quality management in consultation-liaison psychiatry. We describe a dynamic model for total quality management based on regular registration of some clinical data and the subsequent feed-back on changes of these. We discuss our experiences with this model and obstacles met in everyday work. Finally we point to different ways of implementing this method on a broader base in consultation-liaison psychiatry.

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