Quality of care
As stated in its constitution, HOPE seeks to promote improvement in the health of citizens throughout the Member States of the European Union and a uniformly high standard of hospital care throughout the European Union. HOPE and quality of care
Since 1996, HOPE has structured its activities on quality of care around a working party on Quality. HOPE innovated by publishing that same year a first comparative leaflet  “The Quality of Hospital Care in the European Union”. The same Working Party elaborated later an in-depth questionnaire on “Accreditation/certification of Hospitals” and published in 1999 a report on “Quality of Healthcare/Hospital Activities”. HOPE since then has been engaged in various European projects on quality improvement:
 MARQuIS
Methods of Assessing Response to Quality Improvement Strategies
 www.marquis.be
DUQuE
Deepening our understanding of quality improvement in Europe
www.duque.eu
HOPE and patient safety
Patient Safety has been defined by the World Health Organization as freedom for a patient from unnecessary harm or potential harm associated with healthcare. HOPE is then promoting collaborative health care between professionals and health care providers and co-operation with patients and relatives. Supporting several initiatives in this field, HOPE was also involved in the SIMPaTIE project and now in the EUNetPaS project.
SIMPaTIE
Safety Improvement for Patients in Europe
www.simpatie.org
EUNetPaS
European Union Network for Patient Safety
www.eunetpas.eu
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