Background: Colonoscopy is used widely, but its quality is highly variable, which may
adversely affect patients. Research and quality-improvement initiatives in a variety of …

Background and Aims The importance of having quality assessment, assurance, and
improvement tools in health care is increasingly recognized. However, the additional …

Background: Colonoscopy outcomes, such as polyp detection or complication rates, may
differ by procedure indication. Objectives: To develop methods to classify colonoscopy …

Background Validation of administrative data is important to assess potential sources of bias
in outcome evaluation and to prevent dissemination of misleading or inaccurate information …

Background Administrative procedure code data can estimate colonoscopy utilization;
however, determining colonoscopy indication is more difficult as procedure codes do not …

This paper aimed to assess quality of colonoscopy reports and determine if physicians in
practice were already documenting recommended quality indicators, prior to the publication …

Background. Competence in colonoscopy, which is a technically difficult procedure, requires
adequate exposure to it and the maintenance of a detailed logbook. Without an electronic …

Background: In Canada, endoscopy is primarily performed by gastroenterologists and
surgeons, and some studies report that colonoscopies performed by nongastroenterologists …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reporting and performance of colonoscopy in a large urban
centre. METHODS: Colonoscopies performed between January and April 2008 in …

BACKGROUND: Previously developed screening colonoscopy algorithms based on
diagnostic and endoscopy procedural variables have not been sufficiently accurate for use …