Fig. 2.1 Incidence/mortality of CRC and screening uptake rates over time. CRC incidence/mortality reported as rates among adults age 50 or older (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database) to reflect…
Fig. 3.1 Discounted costs and discounted life-years gained per 1000 65-year-olds for 14 CRC screening strategies including two strategies for CT-colonography (CTC)* and the efficient frontier connecting the efficient strategies—Microsimulation…
Fig. 6.1 a Multi-target sDNA sensitivity by colorectal cancer (CRC) stage. Sensitivity for screenrelevant CRC (stages I—III) was 97 % overall (74 of 76), 100 % for lesions at or proximal to…
FIT Positivity (%) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Manufacturers’ quoted fecal hemoglobin cutoff (ng Hb/mL buffer) A 6.4 29.8 96.7 50 B 11.0 30.5 92.9 40 C 22.3 53.2 81.8 10 D…
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…
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