Design paper: Japan Endoscopy Database (JED): a prospective, big database project related to Gastroenterological Endoscopy in Japan

Abstract

The advent of electrical medical records brought image filing systems to many hospitals, as well as electrical endoscopic medical records. However, data integration among multiple different venders has not yet been accomplished. We start the Japan Endoscopic Database (JED) Project endorsed by Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES) from January 2015.

The purposes of this project are as follows: 1) developing the world's largest endoscopic database generated from daily use of the reporting system 2) capturing the actual performance of endoscopic practice in Japan; and 3) standardizing the terminology and fundamental items for the registry of clinical studies. Moreover, the JED project has the potential to automatically collect data about adverse events, competency and evaluation of the residents, and the actual numbers of procedures in nationwide scale, the certification for specialty board system, and so on. We believe that this design paper would be helpful not only for future nationwide researches but also international ones. (UMIN000016093)

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