title: [Consensus conferences and guidelines in gastroenterology: a valid approach].
abstract: The rapid and continuous increase in knowledge has meant that medicine has become more complex and involved, and at the same time less transparent, for physicians and patients. To ensure quality and improve patients confidence, new structures in quality management are necessary. Guidelines, standards and consensus conferences by experts are valid ways of ensuring the future quality of medical care.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik C, Klinikums der Stadt Ludwigshafen am Rhein GmbH.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Riemann
mesh_terms: D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D005762:Gastroenterology / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Konsensus-Konferenzen und Richtlinien in der Gastroenterologie: ein Erfolgsrezept!