The Office

 
The Office for Quality Indicators in Aarhus

The Office for Quality Indicators in Aarhus opened in the summer of 2005; it is supported by the Central Region Denmark and the Danish National Indicator Project, and staffed with:

Head of Office; Medical Director MD Paul Bartels
Project Management; MHSc Solvejg Kristensen
Professor MD. PhD. Jan Mainz


CV - Head of Office; Medical Director Paul Bartels

Specialist in chemical pathology
Former senior lecturer in chemical pathology, University of Aarhus
Former chairman of the Danish Committee for Quality Assurance in Chemical Pathology
Medical Director of Randers Central Hospital
Participated in research concerning the effects of management structures in Public Institutions
From 2001 Director of the Danish National Indicator Project, Head of Department of Clinical Quality and Patient Safety, Central Denmark Region
Head of the ESQH-Office for Quality Indicators, Aarhus
Member of the board of ESQH
Leader of WP4, the Simpatie Project
Publications on development and effects of indicator monitoring


CV - Project Management; MHSc Solvejg Kristensen

Master of Health Science, University of Aarhus
Supervisor students Master of Health Science, University of Aarhus
Participated in research concerning early detection of child psychiatric disorders
Former Risk Manager, Arhus University Hospital, Risskov (Psychiatry)
Project manager of The ESQH-Office for Quality Indicators, Aarhus
Project manager of WP4, The Simpatie Project


CV – Professor, MD, PhD. Jan Mainz

Professor of Quality Improvement at University of Southern Denmark
Medical director, Center for Quality Improvement and Accreditation in Psychiatry, Northern Jutland Region, Denmark
Chairman of the Steering Group, Nordic Minister Council Working Group of Quality Measurement
Chairman of the Indicator Group, Nordic Minister Council Working Group of Quality Measurement
Danish Representative at OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project
Board Member, European Office for Quality indicators, European Society for Quality in Health Care
Former executive director of the Danish National Indicator Project 2000-2005
Former President of The Danish Society for Quality In Health Care 1999-2005
Former President, European Society for Quality in Health Care 2003-2005
Author and co-author of more than ten books and more than 150 publications on quality in healthcare and patient safety


Steering Group

The steering group of the Office for Quality Indicators has the following members:

MD, PhD. A. Bourek, University Center for Healthcare Quality, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Dr. I. Callanan, Vice President of the Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Prof. Dr. med. G. Ollenschläger, Guidelines International Network (G-I-N)
RN V. Kroll, Danish Society for Quality in Healthcare
Dr M. Holmberg, Swedish Society for Quality in Healthcare