AQUMed

The Agency for Quality in Medicine (AQuMed) - in German "Ärztliches Zentrum für Qualität in der Medizin (ÄZQ)", established in 1995 and located in Berlin, coordinates healthcare quality programmes with special focus on evidence-based medicine, medical guidelines, patient empowerment and patient safety programs. AQuMed is a non-profit organization owned by the German Medical Association and the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians.

The Agency is a co-founder of the German Network for Evidence based Medicine DNEbM and of the Guidelines International Network G-I-N.

AQuMeds major focus lies on

• appraising and/or producing guidelines, quality indicators and patient information
• disseminating and implementing evidence-based guidelines
• coordinating error prevention and patient safety measures
• developing methodologies for guidelines and evidence-based healthcare
• identifying and appraising quality innovations

AQuMeds internet addresses

• www.azq.de
• www.aqumed.de
• www.leitlinien.de
• www.patienten-information.de
• www.patientensicherheit-online.de