Assessment of Quality and Safety of Medical Care in Inpatient Facilities in Russia

Igor Ivanov*, Ildar Minulin & Aleksandra Shcheblykina

FSBI “Center for Monitoring and Clinical and Economic Expert Evaluation” of Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare – Moscow, Russia

Igor Ivanov, FSBI “Center for Monitoring and Clinical and Economic Expert Evaluation” of Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare – Moscow, Russia.

Keywords: Medical Care; Russia; Audit; Quality and Safety; Quality Management System

Abstract

Goals
This study is aimed to analyze the results of audits in medical facilities in Russia.
Design
Analysis of the results of audits in medical facilities in Russia.
Setting
30 medical facilities implementing Recommendations.
Results
In conditions of the reform of control and supervision in healthcare and realization of the national strategy “Healthcare development-2020”, the implementation of the effective system of medical care quality and safety management in medical facilities becomes critically important. In 2015, there were developed Roszdravnadzor’s Practical Guidelines (Recommendations) on management of the internal system of quality and safety control of medical care in medical facilities. The results of audits of medical care quality and safety in accordance with the Guidelines identified essential structural and complex problems in medical care quality and safety management, such as the absence of unified standards of organizing a system, a low level of competence and knowledge of healthcare professionals about current approaches to organization, control and management of medical care.

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