1. INTRODUCTION
Accounts receivable device -late 1960s.
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 Practice management tool’s- 1989’s
 Consumers demands

2. ELECTRONIC MEDICAL HEALTH RECORDS
(EMHR)
Purpose
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 Components

3. ELECTRONIC ORAL HEALTH RECORDS
(EOHR)
Similarities
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 Differences (from EMHR)
Reimbursement
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 Information documentation
 Treatment Plan
 Procedure and problem links

4. VALUE OF EOHR
Database of patient records
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 Convenient Communication and Referrals
 Quality Improvement
 Patient Education
 Marketing
 Risk Assessment

5. KEY COMPONENTS OF AN EOHR:
Digital radiographs
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 Digital imaging and photography
 Electronic charting
 CAD-CAM

6. Fig. 1 Charting, digital radiographs, and imaging

7. Fig.3 Radiographic Imaging

8. Fig 4. Computer Enhanced Images

9. LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT EOHR’S
Standards
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Transmission of patient's record for consultation or to a new
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health care provider
Transmit and receive patient radiographic and photographic
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images
Receive medical test reports from medical laboratories.
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Sharing critical medical and dental information between
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medical and dental practitioners treating the same patient.
Inclusion in national taxonomies as well as in diagnostic and
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treatment coding systems.
Inclusion in standardized care documentation systems to
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facilitate interdisciplinary communication, long-term care
outcomes assessment, and clinical research.

10. RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Improved quality and patient care
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 More efficient provision of detailed evidence based
treatment plans
cost assessment
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 benefits to the business,
Better documentation
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 Improved audit capabilities
 Reduction in risk of liability
 More efficient use of chair-side time
 Increased motivation of patients to perform
procedures.

11. STRATEGIC PLANNING
Assessment of resources currently available:
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Time
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 money
 commitment
What are aspects of the technology desired
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Define needs
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Requirements
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Priorities
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Integration
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Evaluation of investments involved:
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cost of education
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opportunity costs.
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Infrastructure
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Maintenance Plans
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Reasons of Failure:
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Lack of Integration
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Lack of understanding on behalf of the practitioner as to why he is
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adapting an EOHR.