Post written by Rabia de Latour, MD, from NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA. Endoscopy practice generates a large amount of waste and is a major contributor to healthcare’s carbon footprint. The goal of our society document was to provide readers with practical, impactful, and scalable action items to attempt …
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Boosting efficiency in the endoscopy suite: integrating team workflows improves productivity and minimizes cost
Post written by Zoë Post, MD, MSc, and Neal A. Mehta, MD, from Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The main purpose of our study was to improve turnover time in the endoscopy unit. We first defined the various components of the turnover process and identified the teams that are involved, such as anesthesiologists, nurses, technicians, and gastroenterologists. We then …
Improving operational performance in the endoscopy center
Neal K. Kaushal, MD, MBA from the Irvine Medical Center at the University of California in Los Angeles reports on his Original Article "Using efficiency analysis and targeted intervention to improve operational performance and achieve cost savings in the endoscopy center." In recent years, the demand for endoscopic services has increased dramatically. This is due …
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Safety in the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit
Audrey H. Calderwood, MD from Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts and Co-Chair of the Safety in the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit Task-Force, writes about the new ASGE guideline "Guidelines for safety in the gastrointestinal endoscopy unit." This document is a product of the ASGE Ensuring Safety in the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit Task Force. This guideline …
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Editor’s Choice- Safety in the GI endoscopy unit
Associate Editor Brian C. Jacobson, MD, MPH recommends this article from the ASGE Ensuring Safety in the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit Task Force titled "Guidelines for safety in the gastrointestinal endoscopy unit" featured in the March issue. In recent years, regulatory agency surveyors have cited endoscopy units in the United States over long-accepted practices. Many of these issues …
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