Quality in Endoscopy. [Review]
Citation: Surgical Clinics of North America. 100(6):1021-1047, 2020 Dec.PMID: 33128878Institution: MedStar Washington Hospital CenterDepartment: Surgery/Thoracic and Esophageal SurgeryForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Journal Article | ReviewSubject headings: *Endoscopy, Digestive System/st [Standards] | *Practice Guidelines as Topic/st [Standards] | *Quality Improvement | Benchmarking/st [Standards] | Clinical Competence | Endoscopy/st [Standards] | Endosonography/st [Standards] | Humans | Patient Safety/st [Standards] | Quality Improvement/st [Standards] | Quality Indicators, Health Care/st [Standards]Year: 2020Local holdings: Available online from MWHC library: 1996 - present, Available in print through MWHC library: 1999 - February 2007ISSN:- 0039-6109
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Available online from MWHC library: 1996 - present, Available in print through MWHC library: 1999 - February 2007
Quality improvement is a dynamic process that requires continuously monitoring quality indicators and benchmarking these with national and professional standards. Endoscopists have formed societal task forces to propose quality indicators and performance goals. Institutions are now incentivized by payers and value-based reimbursement agreements to have processes in place to measure, report, and act on these quality metrics. Nationwide registries, such as the Gastrointestinal Quality Improvement Consortium, are used to report quality data to these merit-based incentive payment systems. Quality improvement processes such as these are instrumental to improve patient safety, health, and satisfaction while decreasing costs and medical errors. Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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