Essential building blocks for colonoscopy quality improvement initiatives: a dedicated database, automation, and appropriate financial incentives

Subhas Banerjee

doi:10.1055/a-0967-1523

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2019; 51(09): 813-815
DOI: 10.1055/a-0967-1523

Editorial

Essential building blocks for colonoscopy quality improvement initiatives: a dedicated database, automation, and appropriate financial incentives

Referring to Bugajski M et al. p. 858–865

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Subhas Banerjee

Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

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