Please find below a selection of links that may be useful regarding EU contacts and current developments, as well as research activities in the context of quality and outcome measurement.

European Union:

• EU Commission, DG for Health and Consumers
• EU Commission, DG SANCO, Public Health
• EUnetHTA
• European commission: New Regulations on medical devices

Quality and Outcome Measurement:

• Beyond compliance
• SALAR (Sweden)
• ODEP: Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel
• BQS (Germany)
• NICE: The  National Institute for Health and Care Excellence