Year 2024 / Volume 116 / Number 7
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Pancreas units within gastroenterology departments. Organizational and operational standards for a patient-centered service

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2024.10147/2023

Juan Enrique Domínguez Muñoz, Emma Martínez Moneo, Federico Bolado Concejo, Fernando Alberca de las Parras, Fernando Carballo Álvarez, Francisco Javier Elola Somoza,

Abstract
The Asociación Española de Pancreatología (AESPANC), Asociación Española de Gastroenterología (AEG), and Sociedad Española de Patología Digestiva (SEPD) have developed a consensus document on the standards and recommendations they consider essential for the organization of pancreas units (PUs) within gastroenterology services (GSs) in order to conduct their activities in an efficient, high-quality manner. The consensus document defines PUs and lays down standards relating to their organization, structure, service portfolio, processes, and teaching and research activities. Standards have been categorized as mandatory (requirements to be met to qualify for certification by the scientific societies responsible for the standards) or recommendations. Standards should be updated at most within five years based on the experience gained in Spanish PUs and the advance of knowledge regarding pancreas disease. Development of health outcome indicators, including patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), is considered a relevant challenge, as is evidence on the association of PU structure and activity standards with health outcomes.
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The Asociación Española de Pancreatología (AESPANC), Asociación Española de Gastroenterología (AEG), and Sociedad Española de Patología Digestiva (SEPD) have developed a consensus document on the characteristics and recommendations that are deemed essential for the organization of pancreas units within gastroenterology services (GSs). The goal is to facilitate that such units develop their care activities with efficiency and quality. The consensus document defines pancreas units and lays down the characteristics they should have in terms of organization, structure, care services on offer, and teaching and research activities. Some of these characteristics are mandatory requirements whereas others represent recommendations. Compliance with these characteristics will render Pancreas Units eligible for excellence certification. These characteristics will be updated according to advances in the understanding of pancreatic disease. Finally, pancreas units must define indicators allowing to assess their results and their impact in terms of health.
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Received: 07/12/2023

Accepted: 13/12/2023

Online First: 05/06/2024

Published: 08/07/2024

Article Online First time: 181 days

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