[Accreditation of processes in hepatology].
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.
Clemente
Gerardo
G
Asociación Española para el Estudio del Hígado, Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, Granada, España.
Pérez-Lázaro
Juan José
JJ
Tejedor
Martín
M
Planas
Ramón
R
De la Mata
Manuel
M
Córdoba
Juan
J
Jara
Paloma
P
Herrero
José Ignacio
JI
Prieto
Martín
M
Suáreza
Gonzalo
G
Arroyo
Vicente
V
D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D005762:Gastroenterology; D013030:Spain