Papel ejercido por la auditoría en el sistema de garantía de la calidad en salud en Colombia 2015 – 2020

Abstract

The audit is defined as a component of continuous improvement of the Mandatory System of Quality Assurance in Health, understood as the systematic and continuous mechanism of compliance with quality standards "consistent with the intent of the accreditation standards higher than those determined as basic in the Unified System of Qualification”. The main objective was to describe the role played by the audit against the Quality Assurance System in Health in Colombia in the period from 2015 to 2020. A compilation monograph was carried out, where a search of the literature was carried out in scientific databases, in the period from 2015 to 2020. The main conclusion indicates that the audit in Colombia has made significant progress, becoming not only a tool, but also a fundamental pillar in the achievement of objectives and goals established since the senior management for the benefit of the organization.