Quality Assurance in Endoscopy: Which Parameters?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The verbalisation of quality standards and parameters by medical societies are relevant for qualitative improvement but may also be an instrument to demand more resources for health care or be a unique characteristic. Within the health care system 3 different quality levels can be defined: structure, process and result quality.

Methods

The current S2k guideline of the German Society for Gastroenterology (quality requirements for gastrointestinal endoscopy) AWMF registry no. 021-022 provides recommendations based on the available evidence for the structure quality (requirements for equipment, human resources) as well as for the process quality (patient preparation, conduct, documentation) and result quality (follow-up of specific endoscopic procedures).

Results<

SUBMITTER: Denzer UW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4988246 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature