ASGE Improving Quality and Safety in the Endoscopy Unit – October 2024 (Videos + Slides)

ASGE Improving Quality and Safety in the Endoscopy Unit (On-Demand) | October 2024

Description

Providing safe, effective and efficient care to patients takes every member of the healthcare team working together. This includes implementing and deploying strategies for addressing diverse quality and safety issues faced by GI endoscopy units. Designed to educate both physicians and non-physician staff on how to translate quality and safety concepts into everyday practice, this course will cover everything from the fundamental elements of a successful program, to emerging trends and evidence.

Through a mixture of didactic lectures and interactive sessions, this renowned quality course will empower you with practical solutions that can be immediately deployed to improve quality and safety in any GI endoscopy setting (i.e., office, ASC, hospital). You will leave feeling prepared to build and maintain a top-notch quality assurance and performance improvement program.

 

ASGE Improving Quality and Safety in the Endoscopy Unit – October 2024 (Videos + Slides)

Learning Objectives

• List 2-3 measures of quality in endoscopy. (knowledge)
• Recognize techniques described to make your endoscopy unit more efficient and safer. (comprehension)
• Indicate 1 method learned you could use to improve patient satisfaction in your endoscopy unit, specifically areas that aid in doctor-patient communication. (comprehension)
• Define potential sources of infection from contact with various body fluids, transmissibility during endoscopic procedure, and the susceptibility to potential disinfectants. (knowledge)
• Identify measures you could use within your unit quality assurance program and explain why. (analysis)

Establishing and Maintaining a High-Quality Endoscopy Unit

With the right infrastructure, your team will not lose sight of the fundamentals upon which excellence is built. During this series of talks, we will discuss the domains of quality and begin diving into quality improvement at the patient and unit levels.

• 9:10 – 9:30 AM Leveraging the IOM Domains of Quality in Decision-making
  Sonali Palchaudhuri, MD MHCI
• 9:30 – 9:45 AM The Patient Experience Begins with the Employee Experience
  Kelly Hinlicky, RN MS FNP-C CFER
• 9:45 – 10:00 AM Measuring and Maximizing Satisfaction Throughout the Patient Journey
  Kelly Hinlicky, RN MS FNP-C CFER
• 10:00 – 10:15 AM Improving Efficiency in the Endoscopy Unit
  Neal Shahidi, MD PhD
• 10:15 – 11:00 AM Interactive Discussion with Case Studies
  Moderator: Sonali Palchaudhuri, MD MHCI
  11:00 – 11:15 AM Break

ASGE Improving Quality and Safety in the Endoscopy Unit – October 2024 (Videos + Slides)

Defining and Measuring Quality in GI Endoscopy

In order to achieve better procedural quality, we need to have useful ways to define our goals and standardize some metrics. In this section, we will discuss some tools for this, both in big picture and with updates regarding new methods.

• 11:15 – 11:45 AM Defining and Measuring Quality in Colonoscopy
  T.R. Levin, MD MS
• 11:45 AM – 12 PM Defining and Measuring Quality in Upper GI Endoscopy
  Neal Shahidi, MD PhD
• 12:00 – 12:20 PM Defining and Measuring Quality in ERCP and EUS
  Rahul Pannala, MD MPH FASGE
• 12:20 – 1:05 PM Interactive Discussion with Case Studies
  Moderator: Sonali Palchaudhuri, MD MHCI
• 1:05 – 1:30 PM Lunch

Exploring Safety Issues in GI Endoscopy

Safety and infection control are of paramount importance to the overall success and efficacy of GI endoscopy. During this series of talks, we will discuss a range of issues relative to patient and staff safety.

• 1:30 – 1:45 PM Infection Control in GI Endoscopy: Global Overview
  Rahul Pannala, MD MPH FASGE
• 1:45 – 2:05 PM Infection Control in Endoscopy: The Nuts and Bolts – What You Need to Know for Your Unit
  Jim Collins, BS RN CNOR
• 2:05 – 2:20 PM Reprocessing Guidelines Comparison and Guideline Adoption
  Jim Collins, BS RN CNOR
• 2:20 – 2:35 PM Addressing Patient Transportation Barriers
  T.R. Levin, MD MS
• 2:35 – 2:50 PM Ergonomics in GI Endoscopy
  Sonali Palchaudhuri, MD MHCI
• 2:50 – 3:35 PM Interactive Discussion with Case Studies
  Moderator: Neal Shahidi, MD PhD
• 3:35 – 3:45 PM Closing Remarks and Course Adjournment