Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Langmann, G; Maier, R; Theisl, A; Bauer, H; Klug, U; Foussek, C; Hödl, R; Wedrich, A; Gliebe, W.
[Successful implementation of the EFQM management model at the Department of Ophthalmology in Graz].
Ophthalmologe. 2011; 108(4):351-363
Doi: 10.1007/s00347-010-2297-2
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- Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Langmann Gerald
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Bauer Heimo
- Maier Richard
- Wedrich Andreas
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- In the context of legal requirements and scarcer resources, the implementation of a quality management (QM) model will provide a competitive advantage or a site warranty for a hospital. For 3 years, the Department of Ophthalmology in Graz has been working with the EFQM model and has now accomplished the first level quality award, namely "Committed to Excellence (C2E)". The project work towards achieving this C2E-award is described below. EFQM stands for European Foundation for Quality Management, an organization that was founded in 1989 by the EU, together with 14 leading enterprises. In the EFQM model, the maturity of an organization in terms of quality is determined through the achievement of a number of quality awards. The C2E award is the first of these awards. At the beginning of our work for the C2E level, the strengths and weaknesses of the Department of Ophthalmology were determined by means of an EFQM questionnaire. Three improvement measures with the highest impact on the performance of the clinic were identified by the questionnaire: 1. The hospitalization of a cataract patient. 2. The lack of information between the various professional parties. 3. The lack of knowledge within the professional groups of the objectives and strategy of the Department of Ophthalmology. These areas requiring improvement were targeted, addressed and improved in a 6-months project work, structured by the EFQM model. The project work as a whole, the results obtained and the corresponding written documentation were evaluated positively in a 1-day assessment by Quality Austria. The EFQM model is a challenging quality management model. After the necessary training of project members or under the supervision of experienced quality managers, the EFQM model may be successfully applied to patient care, teaching and research in a department of ophthalmology.
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- Cataract Extraction -
- Cooperative Behavior -
- Documentation -
- Efficiency, Organizational -
- Hospital Departments - organization & administration
- Hospitalization -
- Hospitals, University -
- Humans -
- Interdisciplinary Communication -
- Ophthalmology - organization & administration
- Organizational Objectives -
- Outpatient Clinics, Hospital - organization & administration
- Patient Satisfaction -
- Quality Improvement - organization & administration
- Quality Indicators, Health Care -
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- Total Quality Management - organization & administration
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- EFQM
- European Foundation for Quality Management
- Quality management
- Committed to Excellence
- C2E