title: [Concepts of quality assurance in obstetrics and gynecology].
abstract: The safeguarding of quality has reached an essential position in medical area. The creation of corresponding concepts with definition of tasks for quality assessment is one of the most important challenges for public health organizations and politicians. The still established projects in gynecology and obstetrics in Germany now carried out that the conscience for the necessity of quality safeguarding is in high gear.A summary of the quality safeguarding projects and tools is given.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum - Anstalt des Offentlichen Rechts, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany. kupka@uni-bonn.de
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kupka
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dorn
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tutschek
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006176:Gynecology; D006753:Hospital Records; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D020407:Internet; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009774:Obstetrics; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care