title: [Results and reflections of the Scientific Committee of the XXVIII Conference of the Spanish Society of Quality in Healthcare].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether the objectives entrusted to the Scientific Committee (SC) of the 28th National Conference have been met, and to determine whether the results differed from those of previous conferences.
  
  
  METHODS
  A chronological description of the work of the SC and a comparison with the results of the previous two Conferences of the Spanish Society for Quality in health care (SSQHC).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 869 papers were submitted, of which 32.6% corresponded to the area of patient safety. Galicia was the community that presented more communications (28%), followed by Catalonia (12.9%) and Murcia (10.9%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The methodology used by the SC helped in the compliance with the deadlines in the SSQHC Conference manual and contributed to achieve its objectives. Abstract presentations were classified accordingly to their quality. The Conference has been consolidated as a multidisciplinary meeting with participation by doctors, nurses, managers and open to the Latin-American community.
authors.affiliation: Comité Científico, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, España. msantina@clinic.ub.es
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santiñá
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martín-Rodriguez
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006040:Goals; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013030:Spain