Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2012 May;76(5):584-9.
Electronic health records (EHRs) are a major development in the practice of dentistry, and dental schools and dental curricula have benefitted from this technology. Patient data entry, storage, retrieval, transmission, and archiving have been streamlined, and the potential for teledentistry and improvement in epidemiological research is beginning to be realized. However, maintaining patient health information in an electronic form has also changed the environment in dental education, setting up potential ethical dilemmas for students and faculty members. The purpose of this article is to explore some of the ethical issues related to EHRs, the advantages and concerns related to the use of computers in the dental operatory, the impact of the EHR on the doctor-patient relationship, the introduction of web-based EHRs, the link between technology and ethics, and potential solutions for the management of ethical concerns related to EHRs in dental schools.
电子健康记录 (EHR) 是牙科实践中的一项重大发展，牙科学校和课程从中受益。患者数据的录入、存储、检索、传输和归档都得到了简化，远程牙科和流行病学研究的改进也开始成为现实。然而，以电子形式保存患者健康信息也改变了牙科教育的环境，给学生和教职员工带来了潜在的伦理困境。本文旨在探讨与 EHR 相关的一些伦理问题，探讨在牙科诊室使用计算机的优势和关注点、EHR 对医患关系的影响、基于网络的 EHR 的引入、技术与伦理的联系，以及解决牙科学校 EHR 相关伦理问题的潜在方案。
