A Primer on Endoscopic Electronic Medical Records

ABSTRACT

Endoscopic electronic medical record systems (EEMRs) are now increasingly utilized in many endoscopy centers. Modern EEMRs not only support endoscopy report generation, but often include features such as practice management tools, image and video clip management, inventory management, e-faxes to referring physicians, and database support to measure quality and patient outcomes. There are many existing software vendors offering EEMRs, and choosing a software vendor can be time consuming and confusing. The goal of this article is inform the readers about current functionalities available in modern EEMR and provide them with a framework necessary to find an EEMR that is best fit for their practice.

KEYWORDS

Medical records systems - computerized - endoscopy reporting - computerized endoscopic medical record (CEMR) - electronic medical record system (EMR)

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