Colonoscopy Reports and Current State of Performance Measures

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 685-697

  Williams, Jason E ^a   Faigel, Douglas O ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Measures; Performance; Quality

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BIOPSY; BLEEDING; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLONOSCOPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE PREPARATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POLYPECTOMY; POSTPOLYPECTOMY BLEEDING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 77957283215     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2010.07.006     Document Type: Review

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