OBJECTIVES: As inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic disorder, usually with an early
onset in life, quality of care plays an important role for patients. The aim of this study was to …

Background Quality improvement is a major topic in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) care,
and measuring quality of care (QoC) is necessary for QoC improvement. Most QoC projects …

BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of published data regarding the quality of care of
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Canada. Clinical quality indicators are quantitative end …

The number of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has increased remarkably in
recent years. However, the level of health care for IBD patients varies greatly among regions …

Studies across medical disciplines have shown gaps in the care recommended in evidence
based guidelines and the care actually delivered. Quality improvement projects using …

Abstract The Institute of Medicine's publications, To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality
Chasm, publicized the widespread deficits in healthcare quality. The quality of care in …

Background Uniform and standardized quality indicator (QI) measurement allows to assess
quality of care (QoC) and set up quality improvement initiatives. To date there is no uniform …

The mission of the IBD Quality Care Evaluation Center (IBDQCC) is to establish indicators of
quality of care (QoC), certify IBD units to generate a network of IBD quality care, and …

Background Variation in clinical practice exists in many aspects of inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD) care. Our aim was to develop a comprehensive set of quality indicators (QIs) …

Introduction Variation in adherence to management guidelines for inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD) suggests variable quality of care. Quality indicators (QIs) can be developed to …