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Grand challenges in dental informatics.
D F Sittig1, M Kirshner, G Maupomé
1Clinical Informatics Research Network, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR, USA. Dean.F.Sittig@kp.org
Advances in Dental Research
|May 6, 2004
Summary
Identifying grand challenges in dental informatics can guide funding and research. Overcoming these hurdles will enable advanced applications like electronic health records and disease risk profiling.
Area of Science:
- Dental Informatics
- Health Information Technology
Background:
- Overcoming significant scientific challenges transforms a field's research and daily activities.
- Defining grand challenges aids funding agencies and encourages new investigators.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present an informatics-oriented, future-patient-care scenario.
- To describe applications and informatics grand challenges in the dental field.
Main Methods:
- Scenario presentation.
- Description of current dental informatics applications.
- Identification of key challenges.
Main Results:
- Several informatics grand challenges facing the dental field were identified.
- Potential monumental applications were outlined.
Conclusions:
- Addressing these challenges requires new techniques and technologies.
- Overcoming them can lead to comprehensive electronic oral health records, automated treatment planning, and chronic oral disease risk profiling systems.