| Opinion of gastroenterologists towards quality assurance in endoscopy. | |
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PMID: 20851696 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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BACKGROUND: Quality assurance has become an important issue. Many societies are adopting quality assurance programs in order to monitor and improve quality of care. AIM: To assess the opinion of gastroenterologists towards quality assurance on the endoscopy department. METHODS: A survey was sent to all gastroenterologists (n=319) in the Netherlands. It assessed their opinion on a quality assurance program for endoscopy units, including its design, logistics, and content. RESULTS: 200 gastroenterologists (63%) completed the questionnaire. 95% had a positive opinion towards quality assurance and 67% supposed an increase in quality. 28% assumed a negative impact on the time available for patient contact by introducing a quality assurance program and 35% that the capacity would decrease. A negative attitude towards disclosure of results to insurance companies (23%) and media (53%) was reported. Female gastroenterologists were less positive to share the results with other stakeholders (p<0.05). Most important quality measurements were assessment of complications (97%), standardised reporting (96%), and adequate patient information (95%). CONCLUSION: Gastroenterologists have a positive attitude towards quality assurance. However, concerns do exist about time investment and disclosure of results to others. Information provision and procedure characteristics were considered the most important aspects of quality assurance. |
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Vincent de Jonge; Ernst J Kuipers; Monique E van Leerdam |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-09-18 |
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Title: Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver Volume: 43 ISSN: 1878-3562 ISO Abbreviation: Dig Liver Dis Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-02-07 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100958385 Medline TA: Dig Liver Dis Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 215-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. |
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