Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data by Amit Acharya, Miguel Humberto Torres-Urquidy, Franklin M. Din, Valerie Powell (Hardcover, 2012)
This book informs readers of the needs and rationale for the integration of medical and dental care and information with an international perspective as to how and where medical and dental care separated into specific domains. It provide high level guidance on issues involved with care and data integration and how to achieve an integrated model of health care supported by integrated HIT. A patient typically expects that a visit to a dentist can usually be resolved immediately. This expectation places a premium on instant, accurate, thorough, and current information. The state-of-the-art of fully integrated (dental-medical) electronic health record (EHR) is covered and this is contrasted with the current state of dental-medical software. While dentists in the US Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the US Indian Health Service (IHS), or the US military, for example, have access to fully integrated health records, most US clinicians still gather information from separate sources via fax or phone calls. The authors provide an in-depth discussion of the role of informatics and information science in the articulation of medical and dental practices and clinical data with the focus on applied clinical informatics to improve quality of care, practice efficiency, coordination and continuity of care, communication between physicians and dentists and to provide a more comprehensive care for the patients. Lastly, the book examines advances in medical and dental research and how these may affect dentistry in the future. Most new advances in healthcare research are information-intensive.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer London Ltd
ISBN-13
9781447121848
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111595015
Product Key Features
Author
Amit Acharya, Miguel Humberto Torres-Urquidy, Franklin M. DIN, Valerie Powell
Publication Name
Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Medicine, Engineering & Technology
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
418 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
3
Item Weight
836g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Health Informatics
Editor
Miguel Humberto Torres-Urquidy, Valerie Powell, Franklin M. DIN, Amit Acharya