Department of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, 3200 South University Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2013 May;77(5):591-7.
The objective of this study was to investigate if electronic patient records have utility in dental school strategic planning. Electronic health records (EHRs) have been used by all predoctoral students and faculty members at Nova Southeastern University's College of Dental Medicine (NSU-CDM) since 2006. The study analyzed patient demographic and caries risk assessment data from October 2006 to May 2011 extracted from the axiUm EHR database. The purpose was to determine if there was a relationship between high oral health care needs and patient demographics, including gender, age, and median income of the zip code where they reside in order to support dental school strategic planning including the locations of future satellite clinics. The results showed that about 51 percent of patients serviced by the Broward County-based NSU-CDM oral health care facilities have high oral health care needs and that about 60 percent of this population resides in zip codes where the average income is below the median income for the county ($41,691). The results suggest that EHR data can be used adjunctively by dental schools when proposing potential sites for satellite clinics and planning for future oral health care programming.
本研究旨在探讨电子患者记录在牙科学院战略规划中的效用。自 2006 年以来，所有的牙科学院（NSU-CDM）的博士生和教职员工都在使用电子健康记录（EHR）。本研究分析了 2006 年 10 月至 2011 年 5 月从 axiUm EHR 数据库中提取的患者人口统计学和龋齿风险评估数据。其目的是确定高口腔保健需求与患者人口统计学之间是否存在关系，包括性别、年龄以及他们居住的邮政编码的中位数收入，以便支持牙科学院的战略规划，包括未来卫星诊所的位置。结果表明，大约 51%的在位于布劳沃德县的 NSU-CDM 口腔保健机构接受服务的患者有高口腔保健需求，而大约 60%的患者居住在平均收入低于该县中位数收入（$41,691）的邮政编码地区。结果表明，电子病历数据可作为牙科学院在提出卫星诊所的潜在选址和未来口腔保健规划时的辅助手段。
