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AQUMED

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    Created 2024-02-21 15:22


    Agency for Quality in Medicine, AQUMED

     

    The Agency for Quality in Medicine (AQUMED, http://www.aezq.de/english/english/view [1]) was founded as a joint institution of the German Medical Association (GMA) and the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (NASHIP).

    Tasks of AQUMED are consultation and appropriate support of GMA and NASHIP according to their legal and professional tasks within the medical profession and services. The activities' main emphasis is laid on planning, preparation and execution of GMA-and NASHIP-decisions.

    AQUMED takes special care in:

     

    For the time being AQUMED is organising several national expert committees (e.g)

     

    AQUMED is a Founder Member of the Guidelines International Network G-I-N. In the last years AQUMED has established the following international and national collaborations: AWMF (German Association of the Scientific Medical Societies), Biomed-AGREE-Project, DISCERN-Project, EbM Network, Europarat - Council of Europe, MedCIRCLE (Collaboration for Internet Rating, Certification, Labeling and Evaluation of Health Information), National Guideline Clearinghouse, USA (NGC), ProGuide-Project, Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network, UK (SIGN), forumQ.at, Health Sector Management Project/Republic of Slovenia , Journal of Further Medical Education and Quality Assurance.

    Aiming at enforcement of patient orientation, as well as coordination of clinical practice guidelines and consumer information, AQUMED started the project “German Clearinghouse for Patient Information - GCPI” - in cooperation with the German Cochrane Centre, the Medical University of Hanover, Department of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research and other partners, in 1999. Since 2024 AQUMED is acknowledged by the German Health Insurances as an official advisory board for consumers and patients.


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