Health Outcomes: Towards the Accreditation of Respiratory Medicine Departments

Abstract

National health systems must ensure compliance with conditions such as equity, efficiency, quality, and transparency. Since it is the right of society to know the health outcomes of its healthcare system, our aim was to develop a proposal for the accreditation of respiratory medicine departments in terms of care, teaching, and research, measuring health outcomes using quality of care indicators. The management tools proposed in this article should be implemented to improve outcomes and help us achieve our objectives. Promoting accreditation can serve as a stimulus to improve clinical management and enable professionals to take on greater leadership roles and take action to improve outcomes in patient care.

Keywords: Accreditation; Acreditación; Clinical management; Gestión clínica; Health outcomes; Indicadores; Indicators; Neumología; Respiratory medicine; Resultados de salud.