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Reduced Procedure Time and Variability with Active Esophageal Cooling During Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Reduced Procedure Time and Variability with Active Esophageal Cooling During Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Published on: August 25, 2022

Computerized endoscopic reporting is no more time-consuming than reporting with conventional methods.

Jagdiesh K Soekhoe¹, Marcel J M Groenen, Astrid M van Ginneken

¹Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Ikazia Hospital, Montessoriweg 1, 3083 AN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

European Journal of Internal Medicine

|June 19, 2007

Summary

Computerized endoscopy reports take nearly the same time as handwritten or dictated reports. Computerized reports offer structured data storage for analysis, unlike dictated reports.

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Reduced Procedure Time and Variability with Active Esophageal Cooling During Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

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Published on: August 25, 2022

Area of Science:

Gastroenterology
Medical Informatics

Background:

Endoscopists utilize various methods for gastrointestinal endoscopy reporting, including handwritten, dictated, and computerized systems.
Report generation time is a critical factor in evaluating the efficiency and acceptance of different reporting methods.
Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of each reporting system is essential for optimizing clinical workflows.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the time efficiency of different gastrointestinal endoscopy report writing methods.
To evaluate the time taken for report composition and transmission across handwritten, dictated, and computerized systems.

Main Methods:

A comparative study was conducted across three endoscopy departments.
Investigators recorded the time required to compose and send reports using handwritten, free-text dictated, and pre-defined computerized methods.
The time to describe specific endoscopic diagnoses was analyzed for each system.

Main Results:

Handwritten reports averaged 113 seconds.
Free-text dictated reports took 65 seconds for the endoscopist, plus 172 seconds for a typist.
Pre-defined computerized reports were completed in an average of 86 seconds.

Conclusions:

Computerized, pre-defined endoscopy reports can be generated in comparable timeframes to handwritten and dictated reports.
While both dictated and computerized reports integrate with hospital information systems, only computerized reports offer structured data storage for statistical analysis.
The structured database of computerized reports facilitates advanced data analysis and research capabilities.