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abstract: Quality-oriented medicine, which has the goal of healing or improving the patients quality of life as highest imperative, also has the obligation to fulfil the required standards itself. Standards, defined for the implementation of this goal, are supported thereby by standard operating procedures (SOPs), the structured and systematic descriptions of the necessary working processes. Both (Standards and SOPs) are part of the integrated quality management of the Total Quality Management (TQM).The quality demands of the German agency for Health Technology Assessment (DAHTA@DIMDI) apply to the processes of product creation as well as to the product itself. The quality management used by DAHTA@DIMDI orients itself on internationally recognized quality assurance standards (e.g. DIN EN ISO 9000:2000FF). The DAHTA@DIMDI pursues the goal, that the development processes and the contents of the evaluation of medical procedures (Health Technology Assessment - HTA) attains the highest acceptance possible in all target groups.
authors.affiliation: DIMDI, Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Dauben
authors.affiliation: DIMDI, Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rüther
keywords: Keywords Health Technology Assessment; Methods; Standard Operating Procedure; Total Quality Management