Compliance with terminology standards in reflux, ulcers, and gastritis: A study of 881 consecutive upper gastrointestinal endoscopy reports

Abstract

Adherence to standard terminology and its descriptive parameters is poor even among specialized gastroenterologists who have been involved in terminology consensus discussions. Compliance needs to be improved by providing suitable software programs with automatic reporting functions.

Quality of Endoscopy Reports for Esophageal Cancer Patients: Where Do We Stand?

“…8 Studies have assessed the compliance of EGD reporting for benign diseases such as Barrett’s esophagus, 17-19 reflux, ulcers, and gastritis. 20 However, to date, only one study has assessed the accuracy of EGD reporting for esophageal cancer. 10 The variability observed with reports among different institutions and the compliance variability with specific QIs can be perhaps due to the different personal interpretation and interest of the operator performing the procedure.…”