title: [The "Quality Manual" of the Prevention Department of a local health authority in Perugia (Italy)].
abstract: The Quality Manual of the Department of Prevention of Local Health Authority (LHA) n.2 in Perugia (Italy) is briefly presented. The manual is divided in four sections. The first section describes the methodology used to identify, classify, and make measurable, the various aspects of quality in the LHA Prevention Department. The second section describes how quality improvement fits into the programme of the Prevention Department. Section 3 describes the specific tools required to qualify: the information system, activity reports, priority analyses, definitions of new procedures and revisions of existing ones, and outcome evaluations. The last section contains a glossary of the terms used by the Prevention Department information system. Problems that have arisen with full implementation of the manual, together with possible solutions, are also.
authors.affiliation: Responsabile Qualità DP AUSL 2 Perugia Coordinatore Promozione salute AUSL 2 Perugia. cromagnoli@ausl2.umbria.it
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
mesh_terms: D007558:Italy; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care