- Informatics Involvement in Dentistry
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- Dentist's Changing Role:
- The practitioner
is no longer isolated in the office but is now able to be in constant worldwide
communication.
- New Skills
-Adequate
computer skills are a
requisite for survival in today's dental practice.
-Chair-side just-in-time information searching provides instant, up-to-date
information.
-Clinicians
rely on memory and experience to assess a variety of clinical problems. With the presence of computers
and the Internet,
do not have to remember everything.
-Provide immediate access to programs to help implement
Evidence-Based Decision Making. Use of expert systems programs in decision making.
-Rapid communication
allows for interaction with dental
specialists, physicians, pharmacist, insurance companies, clinical labs and
others.
-Feedback of post-treatment evaluation data (data
mining) can provide relevant clinical and ancillary treatment
information to allow better treatment outcomes.
-Using
new technology
will enable you to have a dental office that will operate more efficiently and be cost
effective.
Changing population
-Increased
diversity
-Better informed patient
population
- More complex work environment
-Work with more complex systems
-More professional interaction
-Your role is changing rapidly
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