A COMPUTER-ASSISTED QUALITY-ASSURANCE MOD EL FOR BURN INTENSIVE-CARE APPLICATIONS

The prerequisites for an integrated quality management system for hosp itals were developed as a result of considerations regarding the neces sity of an appropriate quality-assurance system for the intensive care sector. The basis for a dynamic quality-assurance system on the docum entational level is a comprehensive data base containing patient files unlimited in terms of time and data technology. The necessary hardwar e and software structure will be provided by consistent application of a client-server architecture. Permanent surveillance of existing qual ity objectives within the scope of an economic close-loop system requi res a system with flexible query mechanisms. Informational data access from all hierarchical level within the hospital organization is facil itated by the data warehouse concept, a data base system with subject- oriented, integrated, time-variable, and persistent data.