Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxiv

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2. Rationale and Need to Articulate Medical and Dental Data

   • Valerie J. H. Powell, Franklin M. Din

   Pages 1-24

3. HIT Considerations: Informatics and Technology Needs and Considerations

   • Miguel Humberto Torres-Urquidy, Valerie J. H. Powell, Franklin M. Din, Mark Diehl, Valerie Bertaud-Gounot, W. Ted Klein et al.

   Pages 25-137

4. Metrics and Measurements

   • Valerie J. H. Powell, Amit Acharya, Andrea Mahnke, Franklin M. Din, Thankam P. Thyvalikakath

   Pages 139-165

5. Broader Considerations of Medical and Dental Data Integration

   • Stephen Foreman, Joseph Kilsdonk, Kelly Boggs, Wendy E. Mouradian, Suzanne Boulter, Paul Casamassimo et al.

   Pages 167-298

6. International Perspectives

   • Miguel Humberto Torres-Urquidy, Jeffrey R. Glaizel, Rodrigo Licéaga-Reyes, André Ricardo Maia Correia, Filipe Miguel Araújo, Tiago Miguel Marques et al.

   Pages 299-330

7. An Integrated Medical-Dental Electronic Health Record Environment: A Marshfield Experience

   • Amit Acharya, Natalie Yoder, Greg Nycz

   Pages 331-351

8. Conclusion and Recommendations

   • Franklin M. Din, Valerie J. H. Powell

   Pages 353-361

9. Back Matter

   Pages 363-418

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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.

• Robert Morris University, Moon Township,, Moon Township, USA

  Valerie Powell

• Medical Informatics Center of Excellence, Camp Hill, USA

  Franklin M. Din

• MCRF/BIRC, Marshfield, WI, USA, Marshfield, USA

  Amit Acharya

• University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, USA

  Miguel Humberto Torres-Urquidy

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