Acreditación de procesos en hepatología / Accreditation of processes in hepatology

ABSTRACT

The Spanish Association for the Study of the Liver decidedin 2006 to develop a project to assess the quality of the professionals,processes and medical units dealing with the managementof patients with liver diseases in Spain. The currentarticle reports the criteria proposed to assess thequality and the accreditation of the processes in hepatology.The processes considered include most patients with liver diseasesand the accreditation system designed is highly specific.This document, together with a previous one publishedin GASTROENTEROLOGÍA Y HEPATOLOGÍA concerning the accreditationof the professionals and a third document dealingwith the accreditation of liver units that will be publishedsoon, form the basis of the quality assessment of hepatology in our country (AU)