Mission for DDKM

The Danish Healthcare Quality Programme (DDKM) supports the quality development in the Danish healthcare system by means of the accreditation standards, and by means of an independent assessment of the level of rating achievement of the standards the programme must evaluate and make the effort visible. Learning in the healthcare system is stimulated by the independent assessment at the same time as the healthcare system's managers are hold responsible for the contracting authority and the public.

The governing vision behind the Danish Healthcare Quality Programme, DDKM, states that DDKM should encompass all health benefits and hereby aim to acheive:

• A consistent and high level of quality across the full range of healthcare services - from doctor to hospital, through pharmacies to home nursing and rehabilitation services 
• Coherence in the patients' experience with the course of admission 
• Transparency in relation to the services and benefits of the Danish healthcare system 
• A culture where all employees and institutions engage in ongoing and mutual learning and hereby generate and facilitate continuous quality development

Objectives

Moreover, the Danish Healthcare Quality Programme should strive to fulfil the following objectives:

• Prevent errors from causing loss of lives, quality of life and resources 
• Ensure that knowledge achieved via research and experience is utilised in all branches of the healthcare sector 
• Document the work performed   
• Achieve a similar high level of quality across geographical boundaries and sectors  
• Generate coherence in citizens’ pathways across sectors – e.g. in the transition from hospital to local healthcare  
• Render quality within the Danish healthcare sector more visible  
• Avoid that all institutions must invent their own quality assurance system  
• Strive towards excellence – at all times