Powell / Din / Acharya Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4471-2185-5
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 3, 418 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Health Informatics

This book informs readers of the needs and rationale for the integration of medical and dental care and information with an international perspective as to how and where medical and dental care separated into specific domains. It provide high level guidance on issues involved with care and data integration and how to achieve an integrated model of health care supported by integrated HIT. A patient typically expects that a visit to a dentist can usually be resolved immediately. This expectation places a premium on instant, accurate, thorough, and current information. The state-of-the-art of fully integrated (dental-medical) electronic health record (EHR) is covered and this is contrasted with the current state of dental-medical software. While dentists in the US Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the US Indian Health Service (IHS), or the US military, for example, have access to fully integrated health records, most US clinicians still gather information from separate sources via fax or phone calls. The authors provide an in-depth discussion of the role of informatics and information science in the articulation of medical and dental practices and clinical data with the focus on applied clinical informatics to improve quality of care, practice efficiency, coordination and continuity of care, communication between physicians and dentists and to provide a more comprehensive care for the patients. Lastly, the book examines advances in medical and dental research and how these may affect dentistry in the future. Most new advances in healthcare research are information-intensive.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Powell, Valerie

Din, Franklin M.

Acharya, Amit

Torres-Urquidy, Miguel Humberto

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Rationale and Need to Articulate Medical and Dental Data.- 2. Informatics and Technology needs and considerations to achieve the Integrated Medical-Dental Electronic Heath Record.- 3. Metrics and Measurements.- 4. Broader Considerations of Medical and Dental Data Integration.- 5. International Perspectives and Comparisons.- 6. An Integrated Medical-Dental Electronic Health Record Environment: A Marshfield Experience.- 7. Conclusion and Recommendations.