Internal control of the quality and safety of medical activities in the field of information interaction between patient and medical organization

• Published in: Stomatologija (Moskva) Vol. 101; no. 1; p. 79
• Main Authors: Kulakov, A A, Andreeva, S N, Furchakova, A V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 2022
• Subjects: Humans; Quality of Health Care; Russia; Russia; quality of dental care; information interaction; information technologies in healthcare; informed voluntary consent
• ISSN: 0039-1735
• DOI: 10.17116/stomat202210101179

The scope of information interaction between patients, medical organizations and regulatory authorities is regulated by a large number of legislative and regulatory documents, a number of which are discussed in this article. The quality of information interaction in the Russian Federation is assessed within the framework of internal quality control and safety of medical activities. At the same time, the analysis of court cases related to poor-quality dental care over 6 years allowed the authors to identify a large proportion of patient complaints about the quality of information interaction between patients and medical organizations. Questions of incorrect information of patients, incorrect storage and disclosure of information related to medical confidentiality were contained in 84% of court cases, their share was 12.15% of all claims of patients to the courts. The article analyzes the areas of internal quality control and safety of medical activities and discusses the need to develop special criteria for assessing the quality of the information environment of a medical organization.