The AQUA-Institute for Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Health Care coordinates – as an independent service provider- the external comparative quality assurance in German hospitals.  The quality of health care therefore becomes transparent for all patients and all parties concerned.

Since 2005, the MediClin Heart Center Lahr has been publishing this federal analysis. This enables patients and referring physicians to personally compare the above-average surgical results of our hospital with the federal average.

Here you can read or download the analyses of the past years.

• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005

Structured dialogue Cardiac Surgery 2008

As a result of the remarkably low in-hospital mortality rate, an exchange of correspondence took place in 2008 between BQS and the MediClin Heart Center Lahr, which you can look up here:

• Letter 1: External comparative quality assurance (pdf, 71 KB )
• Letter 2: Reply comparative quality assurance (pdf, 96 KB)
• Letter 3: Letter of results quality assurance (pdf, 53 KB)