GIQuIC

GIQuIC is a medical specialty registry designed by gastroenterologists for gastroenterologists to collect, organize and display digestive healthcare data for multiple purposes, including the following: 

1 - Improve patient outcomes by allowing users to benchmark quality, identify gaps in care, and develop specific and targeted quality improvement initiatives 

2 - Contribute data for research and to assist the GI societies in developing guidelines for patient care 

3 - Provide quality measure data to third parties, including CMS’ Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), private payers, accrediting bodies, referring providers, and patients. 

The GIQuIC registry was developed in conjunction with the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) when gastroenterologists determined they needed a way to measure the quality of the healthcare they were providing to their patients. Patients, referring providers, and payers were asking them to demonstrate the quality of their performance and their dedication to continuous improvement.