title: [Accreditation of processes in hepatology].
abstract: The Spanish Association for the Study of the Liver decided in 2006 to develop a project to assess the quality of the professionals, processes and medical units dealing with the management of patients with liver diseases in Spain. The current article reports the criteria proposed to assess the quality and the accreditation of the processes in hepatology. The processes considered include most patients with liver diseases and the accreditation system designed is highly specific. This document, together with a previous one published in gastroenterología y hepatología concerning the accreditation of the professionals and a third document dealing with the accreditation of liver units that will be published soon, form the basis of the quality assessment of hepatology in our country.
authors.affiliation: Asociación Española para el Estudio del Hígado, Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, Granada, España.
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Clemente
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pérez-Lázaro
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tejedor
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Planas
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De la Mata
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Córdoba
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jara
authors.forename: José Ignacio
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prieto
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Suáreza
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arroyo
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D005762:Gastroenterology; D013030:Spain