Colonoscopy quality registry reaches 3 million cases

Editor's Note

The number of colonoscopies reported through the GI Quality Improvement Consortium (GIQuIC) registry reached 3 million cases in April, PRNewswire reports.

CIQuIC is a national registry that allows endoscopists and endoscopy facilities to benchmark themselves and encourages quality improvement.

Participants contribute real-time, procedure-related data to the registry, which is a joint initiative of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

The growth in procedures has been driven by a surge in the growth of the number of practices and physicians involved in this quality improvement initiative. More than 4,000 providers, over a quarter of all U.S. gastroenterologists, now participate in GIQuIC - a number that has grown by 500 providers since last fall.