The vision of IdiPAZ  is to be a reference centre for multidisciplinary translational biomedical research at the national and European level. To achieve this objective, the institute combines its efforts to ensure the quality of all its processes, thus provision of the best service, research and teaching.

IdiPAZ is committed to a comprehensive quality model backed by the maturity of quality management team of the IdiPAZ institutions. To support and facilitate this goal, the institution relies on the Quality Committee.

During 2016, the Quality Committee fostered these principles but also achieved specific quality goals. The quality management system has been adapted to the requirements of the ISO 9001:2015, including in the scope both the Technical Secretariat and the Quality Committee. By the end of 2016 IdiPAZ will be ready to meet the requirements of the UNE 166002:2014 for innovation activities within the management system; and has also started to further expand the scope to the Innovation Support Unit and the Central Research and Clinical Trials Unit.

Moreover, considering that IdiPAZ is a continuously evolving organisation, the Quality activities of our institution has been enriched by the different achievements made by the Hospital Universitario La Paz and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

The hospital, with its accumulative experience about quality of care improvement, has continued working intensively during this year. Protocols, clinical pathways and participation in clinical practice guidelines has been developed and reviewed. The attached tables show the clinical pathways reviewed in 2016 as well as the protocols developed or updated in the same period.

In addition, the staff members continuously collaborate in the improvement of the institution by participating in clinical committees and creating improvement groups, as well as implementing satisfaction surveys for patients and professionals.

Also during 2016 19 departments maintained the standards ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, ISO 22000:2005 and IQNet- SR10 of their individual quality management systems. The hospital has also 22 accredited units within the Spanish National Accreditation System.

ISO 9001:2015 Certification of the IdiPAZ Management System with scope to the following units/platforms/collegiate bodies: Project application support, Biobank,Biostatistics, Quality Commission, Training Commission, Accounting, Scientific production management and communication, Project management, Legal and contracting, BSL2-virology laboratory, Flow cytometry laboratory, Cell culture laboratory,, Molecular imaging and immunohistochemistry laboratory, Automatic sequencing laboratory, Collegial governing bodies, Human resources, Innovation support unit (UAI), Clinical research and clinical trials unit (UICEC).

Certification UNE 166002:2021  of the IdiPAZ R&D&I Management System with scope in the areas of: Neurosciences, Cardiovascular, Infectious diseases and immunity, Pathologies of large systems, Cancer and human molecular genetics, Surgery, transplants and technologies for health, Maternal-child and adolescent and Multidisciplinary Research in aging.

Certification IQNet SR10:2015 del Sistema de Gestión de la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa del hospital con alcance a las actividades de investigación biomédica multidisciplinar y gestión de la investigación del IdiPAZ.

Certification Sustainability Strategy and Contribution to the SDGs with the development of a sustainability management model aligned with the United Nations proposal.