Lisa Simon1, Enihomo Obadan-Udoh2, Alfa-Ibrahim Yansane3, Arti Gharpure3, Steven Licht4, Jean Calvo5, James Deschner6, Anna Damanaki7, Berit Hackenberg8, Muhammad Walji9, Heiko Spallek10, Elsbeth Kalenderian3. 1. Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 2. Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Oral Epidemiology and Dental Public Health, UCSF School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, United States. 3. Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, UCSF School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, United States. 4. University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. 5. Department of Pediatric Dentistry, UCSF School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, United States. 6. University Medical Center, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany. 7. Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, University Medical Center, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany. 8. Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany. 9. Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, Technology Services and Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Dentistry, Houston, Texas, United States. 10. The University of Sydney School of Dentistry, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Electronic health records (EHRs) are rarely shared among medical and dental providers. The purpose of this study was to assess current information sharing and the value of improved electronic information sharing among physicians and dentists in Germany and the United States. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A survey was validated and distributed electronically to physicians and dentists at four academic medical centers. Respondents were asked anonymously about EHR use and the medical and dental information most valuable to their practice. RESULTS: There were 118 responses, a response rate of 23.2%. The majority (63.9%) of respondents were dentists and the remainder were physicians. Most respondents (66.3%) rated the importance of sharing information an 8 or above on a 1-to-10 Likert scale. Dentists rated the importance of sharing clinical information significantly higher than physicians (p = 0.0033). Most (68.5%) providers could recall an instance when access to medical or dental information would have improved patient care. Dentists were significantly more likely to report this than physicians (p = 0.008). CONCLUSION: Physicians would value a standardized measure of "oral health" in their EHR. Dentists were less likely to find specific medical diagnostic test results of value. Both dentists and physicians agreed that oral-systemic health was important; interoperable EHRs could facilitate information transfer between providers and enhance research on oral-systemic health connections. Both dentists and physicians believed that an interoperable EHR would be useful to practice, but desired information was different between these groups. Refinement of the information needed for shared practice is required. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
OBJECTIVES: Electronic health records (EHRs) are rarely shared among medical and dental providers. The purpose of this study was to assess current information sharing and the value of improved electronic information sharing among physicians and dentists in Germany and the United States. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A survey was validated and distributed electronically to physicians and dentists at four academic medical centers. Respondents were asked anonymously about EHR use and the medical and dental information most valuable to their practice. RESULTS: There were 118 responses, a response rate of 23.2%. The majority (63.9%) of respondents were dentists and the remainder were physicians. Most respondents (66.3%) rated the importance of sharing information an 8 or above on a 1-to-10 Likert scale. Dentists rated the importance of sharing clinical information significantly higher than physicians (p = 0.0033). Most (68.5%) providers could recall an instance when access to medical or dental information would have improved patient care. Dentists were significantly more likely to report this than physicians (p = 0.008). CONCLUSION: Physicians would value a standardized measure of "oral health" in their EHR. Dentists were less likely to find specific medical diagnostic test results of value. Both dentists and physicians agreed that oral-systemic health was important; interoperable EHRs could facilitate information transfer between providers and enhance research on oral-systemic health connections. Both dentists and physicians believed that an interoperable EHR would be useful to practice, but desired information was different between these groups. Refinement of the information needed for shared practice is required. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
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