title: Reporting systems in gastrointestinal endoscopy: Requirements and standards facilitating quality improvement: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy position statement.
abstract: To develop standards for high quality of gastrointestinal endoscopy, the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) has established the ESGE Quality Improvement Committee. A prerequisite for quality assurance and improvement for all gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures is state-of-the-art integrated digital reporting systems for standardized documentation of the procedures. The current paper describes the ESGE's viewpoints on requirements for high-quality endoscopy reporting systems. The following recommendations are issued: Endoscopy reporting systems must be electronic.Endoscopy reporting systems should be integrated into hospital patient record systems.Endoscopy reporting systems should include patient identifiers to facilitate data linkage to other data sources.Endoscopy reporting systems shall restrict the use of free text entry to a minimum, and be based mainly on structured data entry.Separate entry of data for quality or research purposes is discouraged. Automatic data transfer for quality and research purposes must be facilitated.Double entry of data by the endoscopist or associate personnel is discouraged. Available data from outside sources (administrative or medical) must be made available automatically.Endoscopy reporting systems shall enable the inclusion of information on histopathology of detected lesions; patient's satisfaction; adverse events; surveillance recommendations.Endoscopy reporting systems must facilitate easy data retrieval at any time in a universally compatible format.Endoscopy reporting systems must include data fields for key performance indicators as defined by quality improvement committees.Endoscopy reporting systems must facilitate changes in indicators and data entry fields as required by professional organizations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Management and Health Economy and KG Jebsen Centre for Colorectal Cancer, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bretthauer
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aabakken
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Evelien
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dekker
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Management and Health Economy and KG Jebsen Centre for Colorectal Cancer, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Gastroenterological Oncology, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, and Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Michal F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Kaminski
authors.affiliation: Department of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rösch
authors.affiliation: Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hultcrantz
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Stepan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suchanek
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Gastroenterologia, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jover
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ernst J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kuipers
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Department, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Raf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bisschops
authors.affiliation: Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spada
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK.
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Valori
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Joseph's Hospital, Warendorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Domagk
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, UK; School of Medicine, Durham University, UK.
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, UK; School of Medicine, Durham University, UK.
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Rutter
keywords: Quality; colonoscopy; electronic patient files; guideline; reporting systems