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Update 2025: The Quality Act
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Welcome to this training on the Quality Act.
In the broader reform of healthcare law, the Quality Act serves as the general framework for how healthcare should be provided in a high-quality and safe manner, respecting the diagnostic and therapeutic freedom of the healthcare practitioner (including general practitioners). The law has a direct impact on daily practice, including aspects such as the patient file, competence, referral, and continuity of care.
What will you learn?
Reason for existence and scope of the Quality Act
Relation to the Patients' Rights Act (lex generalis/lex specialis)
Diagnostic and therapeutic freedom and its limits
Competence, portfolio, visa requirement, and referral obligation
Continuity, permanence, and framework of provisions
Patient file, data sharing, peer review, and oversight
Content
1. Reason for existence and legal framework of the Quality Act10 min
2. Relation to other legislation and force majeure8 min
3. Scope of application6 min
4. Diagnostic and therapeutic freedom8 min
5. Competence, portfolio, and referral obligation9 min
6. Visa requirement and language proficiency8 min
7. Characterization and framing of provisions6 min
8. Continuity and permanence9 min
9. Prescription, practice management, and practice information8 min
10. Patient file and data sharing8 min
11. Peer review, practice register and supervisory committee6 min
12. Conclusion4 min