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An electronic oral health record to document, plan and educate
Author(s) -
Wagner IV.,
Lex MacNeil M. A. J.,
Esteves A.,
MacEntee M. I.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1600-0579
pISSN - 1396-5883
DOI - 10.1111/eje.12123
Subject(s) - workflow , medical education , audit , medicine , plan (archaeology) , quality assurance , business , computer science , external quality assessment , accounting , archaeology , pathology , database , history
The University of British Columbia ( UBC ) in collaboration with a software developer (Planmeca Oy, Finland) created an electronic oral health record based on the principles of cognitive ergonomics rooted in the European research and development project ‘ ORQUEST ’ to guide students through medical, dental, social histories, examinations, treatment planning and progress notes. Clinicians in each dental specialty of the Faculty of Dentistry and software engineers cooperated to define the clinical content and workflow of clinical procedures in three phases: (i) development of a radiographic module, (ii) development of medical, dental, social and family histories, intra‐ and extra‐oral examinations, progress notes and treatment planning and (iii) development of the orthodontic section accompanied by an optimisation phase to correct technical problems and clinical content issues. From a practical perspective, this EOHR enhances the clinical performance of students and the quality assurance capacity of the institution. It facilitates audits of clinical productivity and research, and it can be modified with relative ease to suit similar educational and clinical environments in either public or private healthcare settings.