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The Directorate of Health is responsible for quality development in healthcare services and monitoring health services and healthcare professionals. The office receives patient complaints regarding health services.

Users of health services

Heilsuvera
Cancer screening
Cervical cancer screening
Breast cancer screening
Organ donation
Nursing Home Pre-Admission Assessment

Patient rights and complaints

Patient Safety and Rights
Complaints, comments and general questions about health services
Unforeseen serious incidents in healthcare - patient/family notification
Waiting for health services
Access to health records
Biological specimen

Quality of healthcare

Quality development in healthcare
Quality Indicators in Healthcare
ACG index and quality criteria
DRG - Casemix funding in health care
InterRAI assessment on the need for nursing and the health of nursing home residents
Incident in healthcare services
The Bergþóra Magnúsdóttir and Jakob Júlíus Bjarnason Memorial Fund - Grant application

Monitoring of health services

Monitoring of Health Service
Supervisory cases
Prescriptions of medicinal products - monitoring and guidance