Elsevier relaunches journal for evidence, quality and training in healthcare – ZEFQ

01.03.2016 12:31

Elsevier is introducing one of the oldest German-language medical journals to the international journal market with a new look and expanded goals: ZEFQ – Journal for Evidence, Quality and Advanced Training in Healthcare. The ZEFQ was founded in Jena in 1904 as a magazine for continuing medical education (ZaeF), survived both world wars and was one of the most widely read medical magazines in the former GDR.

The new edition of the ZEFQ is now calling for international submissions of articles in order to provide the latest findings in the areas of 'evidence-based medicine' and 'quality and safety in healthcare'. The ZEFQ is aimed at representatives of the medical and health professions from practice and science as well as all actors in the health care system who are interested in evidence-based health care, improving the health system as well as patient safety and decision-making processes in the health care system.

Professor Dr. Gabriele Meyer (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg), who was appointed by Federal Health Minister Hermann Gröhe in 2015 as a member of the Advisory Council to assess developments in the healthcare system, succeeds Professor Dr. Dr. Günter Ollenschläger as editor of the ZEFQ at.

“It is a great honor for me to take on this position for the new edition of such a respected traditional magazine, which is undoubtedly the mouthpiece of evidence-based medicine and quality assurance in Germany,” says Prof. Meyer. “A team of internationally renowned scientists who support me as department editors as well as an impressive list of affiliated specialist societies and institutes will support me in my work as editor. Together we are very much looking forward to working with authors and readers to make ZEFQ an important source of quality and evidence in healthcare beyond Germany.”

The ZEFQ publishes original papers, training and discussion contributions as well as current information on research results, methods, projects and experiences in the areas of evidence-based healthcare, quality in healthcare and patient safety, their interfaces and related areas. Submitted original papers and training contributions are assessed by independent reviewers in the peer review process. 

The journal is published ten times a year in print and online versions. 

The first issue with the new look can be read online free of charge: 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18659217

For more information or to submit an article, please visit: www.zefq.de