Quality improvement exercises in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) services: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Quality Improvement initiatives aim to improve care in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). These address a range of aspects of care including adherence to published guidelines. The objectives of this review were to document the scope and quality of published quality improvement initiatives in IBD, highlight successful interventions and the outcomes achieved.

Design/method

We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and Web of Science. Two reviewers independently screened and extracted data. We included peer reviewed articles or conference proceedings reporting initiatives intended to improve the quality of IBD care, with both baseline and prospectively collected follow-up data. Initiatives were categorised based on problems, interventions and outcomes. We used the Quality Im

SUBMITTER: Ridsdale K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10919633 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature