title: Solving incompatibilities between electronic records for orthodontic patients.
abstract: Today, orthodontists should not need to burden their work load with tasks such as figuring out how to send patient information to colleagues or how to share the same patient record across different software programs. In a long-term attempt to lighten these tasks, we are developing a standard for electronic orthodontic patient records to enable a seamless interchange of data between software programs. This article describes a practical proposal that integrates 2 existing standards, HL7 and DICOM, to create a standard for electronic orthodontic patient records.
authors.affiliation: Researcher, University of Brasilia, Brazil. afm@antoniomagni.com
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magni
authors.forename: Robson
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Albuquerque
authors.forename: Rafael Timóteo
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.forename: Mark G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Hans
authors.forename: Franco G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Magni
mesh_terms: D000571:American Dental Association; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000592:standards; D048048:Dental Informatics / Q000592:standards*; D003792:Dental Records / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States