Performance Measures for Endoscopy Services: A European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Quality Improvement Initiative

Overview

Journal United European Gastroenterol J

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2019 Feb 22

PMID 30788114

Citations 11

Authors

Roland Valori

George Cortas

Thomas de Lange

Omer Salem Balfaqih

Marjon de Pater

Pierre Eisendrath

Premysl Falt

Irfan Koruk

Akiko Ono

Nadan Rustemovic

Erik Schoon

Andrew Veitch

Carlo Senore

Cristina Bellisario

Silvia Minozzi

Cathy Bennett

Michael Bretthauer

Mario Dinis-Ribeiro

Dirk Domagk

Cesare Hassan

Michal F Kaminski

Colin J Rees

Cristiano Spada

Raf Bisschops

Mathew Rutter

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Abstract

The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and United European Gastroenterology present a list of key performance measures for endoscopy services. We recommend that these performance measures be adopted by all endoscopy services across Europe. The measures include those related to the leadership, organization, and delivery of the service, as well as those associated with the patient journey. Each measure includes a recommendation for a minimum and target standard for endoscopy services to achieve. We recommend that all stakeholders in endoscopy take note of these ESGE endoscopy services performance measures to accelerate their adoption and implementation. Stakeholders include patients and their advocacy groups; service leaders; staff, including endoscopists; professional societies; payers; and regulators.

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