Quality assurance and quality enhancement by use of digital clinical documentation.
Clinical documentation, including medical/dental history, oral status findings, treatment planning, and progress notes, are prerequisites for the use of retrospective evaluation procedures as well as for quality assessment and enhancement. A substantial condition for making full profit of these advantages of digital clinical records is that their design is based on established physiologic- and cognitive-ergonomic concepts.
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Department of Information Science, Uppsala University, Sweden. veronika.wagner@dis.uu.se
D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D032882:Comprehension / Q000502:physiology; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003199:Computer Systems; D003243:Consciousness / Q000502:physiology; D003729:Dental Care; D003792:Dental Records; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004282:Documentation; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010808:Physical Examination; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014584:User-Computer Interface