title: Chronic kidney disease certification process manual by the Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN): Part I: clinical care delivery and performance measurements and improvement.
abstract: Chronic kidney diseases (CKD) has now emerged as a public health priority, and there is an increasing demand by patients and health care organisations that the quality of care delivered by renal units to CKD patients be systematically monitored and evaluated. The Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN) has started an initiative aimed at promoting a quality certification process specifically focused on CKD. To this end, SIN started a collaboration with an independent Italian company which is a partner of Joint Commission International (JCI), a nonprofit international organisation dedicated to the promotion of quality improvement and safety of health services. As a result of this collaboration, a document describing a voluntary certification process developed based on JCI criteria was produced by SIN. This document comprises 2 parts. Herein (Part I) we deal with standards for clinical care delivery and performance measurements related to CKD care. Programme management and clinical information management will be presented in a separate manuscript (Part II).
authors: Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Perugia Hospital, Perugia, Italy.
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Quintaliani
authors: Gianni
authors: G
authors: Cappelli
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Lodetti
authors: Corrado
authors: C
authors: Manno
authors: Virgilio
authors: V
authors: Petrucci
authors: Cosimo
authors: C
authors: Spinelli
authors: Renzo
authors: R
authors: Tarchini
authors: Michele
authors: M
authors: Virgilio
authors: Mario
authors: M
authors: Faini
authors: Sandro
authors: S
authors: Alloatti
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Cancarini
authors: Carmine
authors: C
authors: Zoccali
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003625:Data Collection; D003628:Database Management Systems; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D009398:Nephrology; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012955:Societies, Medical