Overcoming the barriers to dissemination and implementation of quality measures for gastrointestinal endoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and United European Gastroenterology (UEG) position statement.

The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) has developed performance measures and established a framework for quality assessment for gastrointestinal endoscopy in Europe. Most national societies actively undertake initiatives to implement and explicitly endorse these quality indicators. Given this, ESGE proposes that, at a national level, strong leadership should exist to disseminate and implement quality parameters. Thus, understanding the potential barriers that may vary locally is of paramount importance. ESGE suggests that each national society should prioritize quality and standards of care in gastrointestinal endoscopy in their activities and should survey/understand which measures are a local priority to their members and make measuring quality intrinsic to daily endoscopy practice.
Competing Interests: R. Bisschops is supported by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) and has provided consultancy and received speakerʼs fees and research support from Norgine, Pentax Europe, and Fujifilm (2017 to present). M. Dinis-Ribeiro received research grants from Olympus and Fujifilm (2018 to present). M.F. Kaminski has provided speaking, teaching, and consultancy services to Olympus (2017 to present), and speaking and teaching services to Fujifilm, from whom he also has equipment on loan (2019 to present). C. Spada provided consultancy to Medtronic (2017 – 2020). M. Areia, A. Dignass D. Domagk, P. Fockens, I.M. Gralnek, C. Hassan, W. Khanoussi, H. Messmann, T. Ponchon, M.D. Rutter and A. Veitch declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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