Abstract
The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) has developed performance measures and established a framework for quality assessment for gastrointestinal endoscopy in Europe. Most national societies actively undertake initiatives to implement and explicitly endorse these quality indicators. Given this, the ESGE proposes that, at a national level, strong leadership should exist to disseminate and implement quality parameters. Thus, understanding the potential barriers that may vary locally is of paramount importance. The ESGE suggests that each national society should prioritise quality and standards of care in gastrointestinal endoscopy in their activities and should survey/understand which measures area local priority to their members and make measuring quality intrinsic to daily endoscopy practice.
Highlights
Five years ago, the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and United European Gastroenterology (UEG) initiated the ESGE quality improvement committee (QIC)
During every UEG week (UEGW) and ESGE meeting over the last 4 years, the theme of quality was further addressed, and the work of the different working groups was explained to the members and attendees
We found there is a striking difference between the engagement and promotion of quality measures by national endoscopy societies and the awareness of such measures by national health authorities
Summary
This Position Statement is based on expert opinion owing to the lack of evidence-based data on the topic of dissemination of performance measures. To address the interest in quality in endoscopy and the possible barriers to implementation, ESGE conducted two surveys among its 49 member societies in 2017, and again in 2019. Responses were received from 32 member societies (27 European and five non-European). This Position Statement addresses both possible barriers to the adoption of performance measures and interventions to overcome these barriers
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