General characteristics | |
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Mean wait time for an endoscopic procedure (days) (N = 8) | 42.4 ± 37.7 |
No show/cancellation rate for endoscopic procedure (%) (N = 7) | 14.5 ± 8.0 |
Pre-procedure | |
Patient referral (N = 8) | |
Open access endoscopy | 2 (25.0) |
Closed access endoscopy | 6 (75.0) |
Procedure | |
Providers performing endoscopy (N = 8)a | |
Physician assistant | 0 |
Nurse practitioner | 2 (25.0) |
Family practice/Medicine/Surgery resident | 3 (37.5) |
Surgeon | 4 (50.0) |
Gastroenterology fellow | 6 (75.0) |
Administration of sedation (N = 8) | |
Nurse anesthetist | 0 |
Anesthesiologist | 1 (12.5) |
Nurse | 2 (25.0) |
Gastroenterologist | 5 (62.5) |
Post-endoscopy | |
Delivering pathology results (N = 8)a | |
Letter | 1 (12.5) |
Telephone call | 2 (25.0) |
Follow-up with referring physician | 4 (50.0) |
Return appointment to GI clinic | 6 (75.0) |
Quality measurements (N = 6) a | |
Adenoma detection | 0 |
Withdrawal time | 1 (16.7) |
Quality of bowel preparation | 2 (33.3) |
Cecal intubation | 3 (50.0) |
Adverse events | 6 (100.0) |
Performance measurements (N = 7) a | |
% of start-on time procedures | 1 (14.3) |
Room turnover time | 1 (14.3) |
Procedure duration | 2 (28.6) |
Wait time for endoscopic procedure | 2 (28.6) |
No show/cancellation | 4 (57.1) |
Procedure volume | 7 (100.0) |