The Quality Strategy, approved by the SFC at 2009, takes a broad conceptual approach with different fields
of action, including the implementation of a national pilot program by the Swiss Foundation for Patient Security
on medication safety in acute-care hospitals, a pilot program to reduce hospital infections, and the publication
of quality indicators for acute-care hospitals. Quality-control mechanisms usually do not involve information from
registries or patient surveys. Registries are organized by private initiatives or cantons, such as the cantonal
cancer registries.