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

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.
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
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