[Quality project in invasive/interventional cardiology]

With installing a new catheterization laboratory, a quality project with focus on indications for invasive/interventional procedures was implemented. Health insurance companies as budget holders were involved in the project, external control is accomplished by their medical service (MDK). The focus on indications is new, since most approaches in this area deal with structure and/or process quality. The actual concept of this quality project makes medical performance transparent with regard to adequate indication as the first and important step to excellent quality of results. Further, the concept contains a rational approach to the controversial discussion about the increasing frequency of catheter-based coronary interventions.