Approaches to improve quality of care in inflammatory bowel diseases

Table 1 American gastroenterology association inflammatory bowel disease performance measures[16]

Performance measures
IBD characteristics
	Type
	Anatomic location
	Activity
Preventive care
	Corticosteroid sparing therapy
	Bone loss assessment
	Influenza immunization
	Pneumococcal immunization
	Smoking screening and cessation assessment
Testing
	Latent tuberculosis testing prior to anti-TNF therapy
	Assessment for Hepatitis B prior to anti-TNF therapy
Inpatient care
	Clostridium difficile testing in patients with new onset diarrhea
	Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; TNF: Tumor necrosis factor.