Electronic Dental Records System Adoption.
The use of Electronic Dental Records (EDRs) and management software has become more frequent, following the increase in prevelance of new technologies and computers in dental offices. The purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate the use of EDRs by the dental community in the São Paulo city area. A quantitative case study was performed using a survey on the phone. A total of 54 offices were contacted and only one declinedparticipation in this study. Only one office did not have a computer. EDRs were used in 28 offices and only four were paperless. The lack of studies in this area suggests the need for more usability and implementation studies on EDRs so that we can improve EDR adoption by the dental community.
Department of Health Informatics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
Renata
R
Abramovicz-Finkelsztain
Department of Health Informatics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
Claudia G N
CG
Barsottini
Department of Health Informatics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
Heimar Fatima
HF
Marin
D022126:Access to Information; D001938:Brazil; D003792:Dental Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D062527:Meaningful Use / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented; D019239:Practice Patterns, Dentists' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014600:Utilization Review