title: Organization of surveillance in GI practice.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Several reports documented an inefficient utilisation of available resources, as well as a suboptimal compliance with surveillance recommendations. Although, evidence suggests that organisational issues can influence the quality of care delivered, surveillance protocols are usually based on non-organized approaches.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a literature search (publication date: 01/2000-06/2016) on PubMed and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for guidelines, or consensus statements, for surveys of practice, reporting information about patients, or providers attitudes and behaviours, for intervention studies to enhance compliance with guidelines. Related articles were also scrutinised. Based on the clinical relevance and burden on endoscopy services this review was focused on surveillance for Barrett's oesophagus, IBD and post-polypectomy surveillance of colonic adenomas.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Existing guidelines are generally recognising structure and process requirements influencing delivery of surveillance interventions, while less attention had been devoted to transitions and interfaces in the care process. Available evidence from practice surveys is suggesting the need to design organizational strategies aimed to enable patients to attend and providers to deliver timely and appropriate care. Well designed studies assessing the effectiveness of specific interventions in this setting are however lacking. Indirect evidence from screening settings would suggest that the implementation of automated standardized recall systems, utilisation of clinical registries, removing financial barriers, could improve appropriateness of use and compliance with recommendations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lack of sound evidence regarding utility and methodology of surveillance can contribute to explain the observed variability in providers and patients attitudes and in compliance with the recommended surveillance.
authors.affiliation: SC Epidemiologia, Screening, Registro Tumori - CPO, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy. Electronic address: carlo.senore@cpo.it.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Senore
authors.affiliation: SC Epidemiologia, Screening, Registro Tumori - CPO, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bellisario
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Gastroenterologia, Ospedale Nuovo Regina Margherita, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hassan
mesh_terms: D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D016208:Databases, Factual; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Endoscopy; Practice organisation; Surveillance