title: A clinical quality management support system.
abstract: In the CONQUEST Quality Management System, assessment and improvement of the quality of treatment process and outcome is done by introducing a Clinical Quality Management Support System. Initially the treatment of breast cancer was chosen to illustrate the potential benefits of introducing quality management in the treatment process. The main objective of the CONQUEST Quality Management System is to provide a flexible framework for supplying quality management of the treatment process and enable comparison of clinical results, despite differences in the local best clinical practice guidelines used in the participating treatment centres.
authors.affiliation: Kommunedata I-S, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haustermans
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Glindtvad
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D003625:Data Collection; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012985:Software Design; D017749:Total Quality Management