Quality in Endoscopy. [Review] 

 -  2020 
<br/><br/>Available online from MWHC library: 1996 - present, Available in print through MWHC library: 1999 - February 2007 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>0039-6109 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1016/j.suc.2020.08.008 [doi] S0039-6109(20)30104-3 [pii] 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>*Endoscopy, Digestive System/st [Standards]<br/>*Practice Guidelines as Topic/st [Standards]<br/>*Quality Improvement<br/>Benchmarking/st [Standards]<br/>Clinical Competence<br/>Endoscopy/st [Standards]<br/>Endosonography/st [Standards]<br/>Humans<br/>Patient Safety/st [Standards]<br/>Quality Improvement/st [Standards]<br/>Quality Indicators, Health Care/st [Standards]
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>MedStar Washington Hospital Center
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Surgery/Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Function: </label><br/>Journal Article<br/>Review