title: [Position of the German Society of Surgery on quality assurance].
abstract: Internal quality control like regular rounds, conferences, assisted operations, congresses, papers and analyses of the outcomes are established since the days of Billroth. External quality control was added by law. The scientific society has to accept the new commitment and offers a list of new items to back the efforts in external quality control.
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie, München.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hartel
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012955:Societies, Medical
vernacular_title: Stellungnahme der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie zur Qualitätssicherung.