title: [Quality assurance of psychiatric consultations in somatic hospitals].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Drammen psykiatriske senter, Buskerud sentralsykehus.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bille
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jakhelln
authors.forename: U F
authors.initials: UF
authors.lastname: Malt
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Roaldset
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tveiten
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Watne
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Herzog
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huyse
mesh_terms: D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009664:Norway; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000592:standards*
vernacular_title: Kvalitetsforbedring av psykiatriske konsultasjoner i somatiske sykehus.