Digital recording and documentation of endoscopic procedures: physicians' practice and perspectives.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:In recent years, it has become increasingly prevalent internationally to record and archive digital recordings of endoscopic procedures. This emerging documentation tool raises weighty educational, ethical and legal issues - which are viewed as both deterrents and incentives to its adoption. We conducted a survey study aimed at evaluating the use of DRD in endoscopic procedures, to examine physicians' support of this practice and to map the considerations weighed by physicians when deciding whether or not to support a more extensive use of DRD. METHODS:Israeli physicians from specialties that employ endoscopic technics were surveyed anonymously for demographic background, existence and use of recording equipment, existence of institutional guidelines regarding DRD, and self-rank

SUBMITTER: Peled-Raz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6607539 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature