title: A Review on the Quality of Colonoscopy Reporting.
abstract: Colonoscopy reports are important communication tools for providers and patients with potential to serve as information sources for research, quality, performance, and resource management. Despite decades of work, studies continue to indicate that colonoscopy reports are often incomplete. Although electronic medical records (EMRs) and databases can address this problem, costs, workflow, and interoperability (difficulty exchanging information between systems) continue to limit adoption and implementation of endoscopy EMRs in Canada and elsewhere. Quality and reporting guidelines alone have proven to be insufficient. In this review we have derived and applied five key themes to challenges in the current state of colonoscopy reporting and propose strategies to address them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Robyn S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3646-6190
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Rossos
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003113:Colonoscopy; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000592:standards*; D005762:Gastroenterology / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*