TY - JOUR
T1 - A survey of credentialing for ERCP in the United States
AU - Cotton, Peter B.
AU - Feussner, Derek
AU - Dufault, Darin
AU - Cote, Gregory
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
PY - 2017/11
Y1 - 2017/11
N2 - Background and Aims There are limited data measuring the variability in standards used by hospitals for credentialing physicians to ERCP in the United States. Methods We performed an electronic survey of U.S. gastroenterologists. Results Among 1126 respondents, 21% reported that their hospitals had no written guidelines for initial credentialing, and 59% reported that their hospitals had no written guidelines for repeat credentialing. Among those with guidelines, less than half had any of the criteria recommended by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Conclusions There is an urgent need to improve the credentialing process to enhance practice and to protect patients. An easy-to-use national system for recording and reporting ERCP quality data, like that of the GI Quality Improvement Consortium, is needed.
AB - Background and Aims There are limited data measuring the variability in standards used by hospitals for credentialing physicians to ERCP in the United States. Methods We performed an electronic survey of U.S. gastroenterologists. Results Among 1126 respondents, 21% reported that their hospitals had no written guidelines for initial credentialing, and 59% reported that their hospitals had no written guidelines for repeat credentialing. Among those with guidelines, less than half had any of the criteria recommended by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Conclusions There is an urgent need to improve the credentialing process to enhance practice and to protect patients. An easy-to-use national system for recording and reporting ERCP quality data, like that of the GI Quality Improvement Consortium, is needed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gie.2017.03.1530
DO - 10.1016/j.gie.2017.03.1530
M3 - Article
C2 - 28366439
AN - SCOPUS:85019081264
SN - 0016-5107
VL - 86
SP - 866
EP - 869
JO - Gastrointestinal endoscopy
JF - Gastrointestinal endoscopy
IS - 5
ER -