Level of accountability Name Description Examples of GI measures in program Health system Medicare Shared Savings Program Measures ACO care coordination CG-CAHPS Medicare Advantage 5 Star Quality Rating System Health…
Detachable snares reduce immediate and delayed bleeding from pedunculated polyps Epinephrine injection reduces immediate bleeding from pedunculated and sessile polyps Cold snaring effective and more efficient than hot snaring for…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Aasma Shaukat and John I. Allen (eds.)Colorectal Cancer Screening10.1007/978-1-4939-2333-5_12 12. Medical Legal Aspects of Quality Improvement Kayla Allison Feld1, Sarah Faye Blankstein1 and Andrew D. Feld2 (1) Seattle, WA, USA (2) Department…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Aasma Shaukat and John I. Allen (eds.)Colorectal Cancer Screening10.1007/978-1-4939-2333-5_11 11. Managing Quality in Ancillary Services Michael Frist1, Marc Sonenshine1 and Steven J. Morris1 (1) Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates, LLC, 550 Peachtree St. NE,…
Quality indicator Grade of recommendation Appropriate indication 1C + Informed consent is obtained, including specific discussion of risks associated with colonoscopy 3 Use of recommended postpolypectomy and post-cancer resection surveillance intervals…
Fig. 9.1 Volume of potentially discretionary anesthesia service use and associated payments among medicare fee-for-service patients during 2003–2009. (Reprinted from [26]. With permission from American Medical Association) Additional studies have…
Goal Description Agile Cycle time for measurement development to implementation should be short to maximize adaptability to new evidence Broad-based Must address priority domains of the national quality strategy (e.g.,…
Fig. 9.1 Effect of pyrazole or LPS or LPS plus pyrazole on serum ALT or AST levels (A) and liver histopathology (B). Panels in (B) refer to (A) saline; (B)…
Fig. 14.1 Acetaldehyde production by Streptococcus gordonii on the PBB-Schiff’s agar. (1) V2016wt; (2) ΔadhA; (3) ΔadhB; (4) ΔadhAB; (5) ΔadhE; (6) ΔadhAE; (7) ΔadhBE; (8) ΔadhABE 14.2.4 Alcohol Dehydrogenases…
