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Consequently, there has been a pressing need to establish a system whereby the questionnaire is duly completed before the medical appointment, entered into the electronic health record (EHR), and stored in a structured format within a database.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n This study aimed to develop and evaluate a streamlined electronic questionnaire system, BEST-Survey (Bundang Hospital Electronic System for Total Care-Survey), integrated with the EHR, to enhance history taking and data management for patients with pediatric headaches.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n An electronic questionnaire system was developed at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, allowing patients to complete previsit questionnaires on a tablet PC. The information is automatically integrated into the EHR and stored in a structured database for further analysis. A retrospective analysis compared clinical information acquired from patients aged <18 years visiting the pediatric neurology outpatient clinic for headaches, before and after implementing the BEST-Survey system. The study included 365 patients before and 452 patients after system implementation. Answer rates and positive rates of key headache characteristics were compared between the 2 groups to evaluate the system\u2019s clinical utility.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Implementation of the BEST-Survey system significantly increased the mean data acquisition rate from 54.6% to 99.3% (\n P<<\/jats:italic>\n .001). Essential clinical features such as onset, location, duration, severity, nature, and frequency were obtained in over 98.7% (>446\/452) of patients after implementation, compared to from 53.7% (196\/365) to 85.2% (311\/365) before. The electronic system facilitated comprehensive data collection, enabling detailed analysis of headache characteristics in the patient population. Most patients (280\/452, 61.9%) reported headache onset less than 1 year prior, with the temporal region being the most common pain location (261\/703, 37.1%). Over half (232\/452, 51.3%) experienced headaches lasting less than 2 hours, with nausea and vomiting as the most commonly associated symptoms (231\/1036, 22.3%).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n The BEST-Survey system markedly improved the completeness and accuracy of essential history items for patients with pediatric headaches. The system also streamlined data extraction and analysis for clinical and research purposes. 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