The quality of colonoscopy services--responsibilities of referring clinicians: a consensus statement of the Quality Assurance Task Group, National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable.
J Gen Intern Med
; 25(11): 1230-4, 2010 Nov.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20703953
ABSTRACT
Primary care clinicians initiate and oversee colorectal screening for their patients, but colonoscopy, a central component of screening programs, is usually performed by consultants. The accuracy and safety of colonoscopy varies among endoscopists, even those with mainstream training and certification. Therefore, it is a primary care responsibility to choose the best available colonoscopy services. A working group of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable identified a set of indicators that primary care clinicians can use to assess the quality of colonoscopy services. Quality measures are of actual performance, not training, specialty, or experience alone. The main elements of quality are a complete report, technical competence, and a safe setting for the procedure. We provide explicit criteria that primary care physicians can use when choosing a colonoscopist. Information on quality indicators will be increasingly available with quality improvement efforts within the colonoscopy community and growth in the use of electronic medical records.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Médicos
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Conferências de Consenso como Assunto
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Colonoscopia
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Gen Intern Med
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA INTERNA
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos