IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HOSPITAL SERVICES IN THE NETHERLANDS

In The Netherlands, quality assurance activities in hospitals began in 1976 with a formal declaration of the National Specialists Organization that quality assurance is a task of the medical profession. It was also recognized that physicians in hospitals were as yet unable to execute the various tasks that come with formal quality assurance. Hence the creation of a support organization that would assist clinicians in taking up and fulfilling their commitment to quality assurance. The creation of CBO took place in 1979; its role has been expanded to encompass such functions as technical assista... Mehr ...