About DAK-E

DAK-E - Danish Quality Unit of General Practice – was established in 2007 as a unit under the Foundation for Quality and E-Health (KIF) in Denmark. DAK-E is funded by funds from the agreement between Danish Regions and the Organisation of General Practitioners in Denmark (PLO).

The KIF board is composed of representatives from the PLO, The Danish College of General Practitioners (DSAM) and Danish Regions.

Currently, there are 16 employees in DAK-E. The daily staff is situated in locations in Odense and Aarhus.
Consultants are mainly GPs with practices around the country. Most are employed 1-2 days a week.
 

DAK-E's Activities

DAK-E coordinates quality development in general practice in collaboration with the regions through the Unit for Quality Development (KFU).

The 5 focus areas are:

The Data Capture module - The module is implemented in all Danish medical systems so that each doctor can transmit patient data to a Danish General Practice Database (DAMD). An important part of the data capture module is quality development based on feedback data to each practice.
A series of reports have been developed on the basis of clinical problems. These reports facilitate an overview of different patient groups and their treatment.

ICPC-2 - Implementation of ICPC-2 to facilitate the uniform coding of general practitioners. A newly developed e-learning programme supports this implementation.
At present only available in Danish.

Patient Evaluations
In a questionnaire, patients evaluate their doctors and medical practices. The results are used in regional development to focus on the patient experienced quality and change in general practice.

Indicators - Development of indicators in general practice
Indicators of diabetes, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), CVD (cardiovascular disease) and heart failure has been fully developed. Indicators for low back pain and depression are about to be developed.

Patient Journeys - include the work with patients with chronic diseases
Close cooperation between the indicator group and the PKO (General Practitioner Adviser and Coordinator Unit) scheme.

PKO is a network of practitioners that helps to strengthen the cooperation between hospital departments, their doctors, their staff, general practitioners, municipalities and the municipal home for the benefit of the individual patient.
In its function, PKO helps to ensure the integrity and quality of patient progress, a patient involving both primary and secondary sectors.