VIDEO ENHANCEMENTS AND USER INTERFACE ADVANCEMENTS TO THE ASGE DATABASE

MUMPS MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC., DEVELOPED THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY DATABASE, SUPPORTS 120 CURRENT USERS, AND HAS CONDUCTED THREE MULTICENTER DATA COLLATION PROJECTS USING IT. THE DATABASE OFFERS A HIGH LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION THATMAKES IT COMPLEX FOR THE NEW USER TO RAPIDLY ASSIMILATE ITS FEATURES. PHASE I WORK WILL REMODEL THE USER INTERFACE TO MAKE IT INTUITIVE, DEVISE A PROTOTYPE MULTIUSER DIGITAL VIDEO INTERFACE, INCORPORATE A USER'S ON-SCREEN TUTORIAL, INTEGRATE AN OFFICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC 1C9 ANDCPT CODING, AUTOMATE PHYSICIAN AND NURSING QUALITY ASSURANCEAND RECREDENTIALING REPORTS, AND INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVE DATA ENTRY METHODS (MOUSE, VOICE). SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THESE GOALS WILL ALLOW PRODUCTION OF A DATABASE IN PHASE II THAT INTERFACES WITH ANY VIDEOENDOSCOPY SYSTEM AND ESTABLISHES A DE FACTO STANDARD FORMAT AND TERMINOLOGY FOR ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURE REPORTING ANDVIDEO IMAGE DISPLAY. IMAGE ENHANCEMENT AND COMPUTER ANALYSIS AND THE FURTHER REFINEMENT OF ALTERNATIVE DATA ENTRY METHODS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. MARKETING OF THE RESULTANT DATABASE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REFERENCE DIGESTIVE DISEASE DATABASE FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES AND THE PUBLICATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE NORMS BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF CASES.