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Jaspreet Virdee1, Ishita Thakrar2, Rupa Shah3
1Specialty Training Registrar in Oral Surgery, Oral Surgery Unit, Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, University College London Hospitals Trust, London, UK. Jaspreet.Virdee@nhs.net.
British Dental Journal
|July 8, 2022
Summary
Digitizing dental records in UK secondary care improves patient care and efficiency. Implementing electronic health records (EHRs) like Epic presents benefits and challenges for dental professionals and patients.
Area of Science:
- Oral Health Informatics
- Health Information Technology
- Dental Public Health
Background:
- Historically, medicine and dentistry maintained separate patient records, potentially compromising patient care and safety.
- While electronic records are common in UK primary dental care, their adoption in secondary care is limited, creating barriers to evidence-based oral care.
- The General Dental Council mandates accurate patient record-keeping, with no specified format preference.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the benefits and challenges of integrating electronic health records (EHRs) in secondary care dental settings.
- To examine the impact of digitisation on patient care, clinician workflow, and data accessibility within a specialist dental hospital.
- To assess the role of integrated EHR systems, such as Epic, in enhancing dental services, research, and public health surveillance.
Main Methods:
- Review of challenges and benefits associated with the national drive for technology integration in the National Health Service (NHS).
- Case study of the Royal National Ear, Nose and Throat and Eastman Dental Hospitals' transition to a fully digitised environment using the Epic EHR system.
- Exploration of electronic record keeping in both primary and secondary dental care settings.
Main Results:
- Primary dental care in the UK has well-established electronic record-keeping practices.
- Secondary care dental departments show sparse literature on electronic record-keeping outcomes.
- The implementation of Epic at a specialist teaching dental hospital offers enhanced user accessibility and applications for diverse services.
Conclusions:
- Digitising secondary care dental records offers significant potential to improve patient care, safety, and efficiency.
- The adoption of integrated EHR systems like Epic presents both opportunities and challenges for dental practices.
- Further research and reporting on outcomes of electronic record-keeping in secondary care dentistry are needed.
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