학술논문
Quality indicators in intensive care medicine for Germany – fourth edition 2022
Document Type
article
Author
Kumpf, Oliver; Assenheimer, Markus; Bloos, Frank; Brauchle, Maria; Braun, Jan-Peter; Brinkmann, Alexander; Czorlich, Patrick; Dame, Christof; Dubb, Rolf; Gahn, Georg; Greim, Clemens-A.; Gruber, Bernd; Habermehl, Hilmar; Herting, Egbert; Kaltwasser, Arnold; Krotsetis, Sabine; Kruger, Bastian; Markewitz, Andreas; Marx, Gernot; Muhl, Elke; Nydahl, Peter; Pelz, Sabrina; Sasse, Michael; Schaller, Stefan J.; Schäfer, Andreas; Schürholz, Tobias; Ufelmann, Marina; Waydhas, Christian; Weimann, Jörg; Wildenauer, René; Wöbker, Gabriele; Wrigge, Hermann; Riessen, Reimer
Source
GMS German Medical Science, Vol 21, p Doc10 (2023)
Subject
Language
German
English
English
ISSN
1612-3174
Abstract
The measurement of quality indicators supports quality improvement initiatives. The German Interdisciplinary Society of Intensive Care Medicine (DIVI) has published quality indicators for intensive care medicine for the fourth time now. After a scheduled evaluation after three years, changes in several indicators were made. Other indicators were not changed or only minimally. The focus remained strongly on relevant treatment processes like management of analgesia and sedation, mechanical ventilation and weaning, and infections in the ICU. Another focus was communication inside the ICU. The number of 1ndicators remained the same. The development method was more structured and transparency was increased by adding new features like evidence levels or author contribution and potential conflicts of interest. These quality indicators should be used in the peer review in intensive care, a method endorsed by the DIVI. Other forms of measurement and evaluation are also reasonable, for example in quality management. This fourth edition of the quality indicators will be updated in the future to reflect the recently published recommendations on the structure of intensive care units by the DIVI.