Healthcare provider organizations need to pay more attention to quality of care initiatives to reduce variations in outcomes among patients with inflammatory bowel disease across the globe, according to a recent analysis. Among the findings:

• The significant variation in quality of care in North America, Europe, and Asia suggests that inadequate patient care may be the result of overuse, underuse, and misuse of health services.
• Quality of care initiatives that have been launched to address these concerns include:

o Quality indicator sets, the goal of which is to standardize care across healthcare providers,

o Developing learning health systems to let clinicians and patients share data, and

o Sharing of best practices among clinicians and healthcare organizations.