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Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive > May, 2009 Vol. X, No. 5

Can You Reach 5 Key Colonoscopy Benchmarks?

Here's advice for kicking your GI practice up a notch.

Daniel Cook, Managing Editor

Reading about benchmarks is one thing. Reaching them is quite another. Here's advice on how to reach 5 key benchmarks from the Colonoscopy 2008 Report: Performance Measurement and Benchmarking in Ambulatory Organizations, conducted by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Heath Care's Institute for Quality Improvement.

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