{"id":1215,"date":"2017-03-06T10:10:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T09:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.m-q.ch\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2017-03-06T10:48:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T09:48:46","slug":"federal-report-on-the-quality-of-physicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.m-q.ch\/en\/bundesraetlicher-bericht-zur-aerztequalitaet\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Council report on the quality of doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Swiss doctors should be able to speak the language of Swiss patients, the FMH demands. (Image: depositphotos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The present Federal Council report deals with qualitative proposals that do not correspond per se to price regulations. The report shows that the restriction of the free choice of doctor for patients as well as the control via different prices for the same service can lead to disadvantages in the Swiss healthcare market. For this reason, the Federal Council is orienting itself towards the working models of service providers: doctors also increasingly want to work part-time, which is why full-time equivalents should be taken into account. The task now is to continue to gear the licensing of doctors after 2019 even more consistently to patient safety.<\/p>\n

Quality criteria of the FMH<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the beginning of March 2017, the Federal Council provided information for the first time on the succession plan for doctors in Switzerland. The current practice has proven its worth: Currently, doctors must have worked for at least three years at a Swiss-recognised postgraduate training institution in order to work as a freelance doctor.<\/p>\n

The FMH demands that the following four demonstrably effective quality criteria must be fulfilled cumulatively in order for doctors to be licensed: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n