Open AccessBenchmarking as a tool of continuous quality improvement in postoperative pain management
Author(s) -
Winfried Meißner,
K. Ullrich,
S. Zwacka
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2346
pISSN - 0265-0215
DOI - 10.1017/s026502150500205x
Subject(s) - medicine , benchmarking , quality management , multidisciplinary approach , teamwork , physical therapy , quality (philosophy) , operations management , management system , social science , marketing , sociology , political science , economics , law , business , philosophy , epistemology
Quality of acute pain management is far from being satisfactory. These deficits are not caused by the complexity of the medical problem but by difficulties in organization and hospital structures, sand procedures. Continuous quality improvement is a recommended tool to overcome such difficulties and to increase quality in the long run. This study reports the implementation of benchmarking-based continuous quality improvement to improve postoperative pain management at a university hospital.