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.

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam the Netherlands

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Amsterdam Amsterdam the Netherlands

Department of Gastroenterology Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Gloucester UK

Department of Gastroenterology University Hospital of North Tees Stockton on Tees UK; School of Medicine Durham University UK

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

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

Department of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf Germany

Department of Internal Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Department of Internal Medicine Joseph's Hospital Warendorf Germany

Department of Transplantation Medicine Oslo University Hospital Oslo Norway

Digestive Endoscopy Unit Catholic University Rome Italy

Gastroenterology Department University Hospital Leuven Leuven Belgium

Karolinska Institutet Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden

Unidad de Gastroenterologia Hospital General Universitario de Alicante Alicante Spain

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