Development of Electronic Dental Records For Translating Research Into Practice

描述（由申请人提供）：电子牙科记录（EDR）开始出现在整个牙科实践环境中。它们代表了一个潜在的强大工具，通过使用临床提醒将最佳实践指南纳入牙科就诊。然而，从医疗使用的临床提醒在电子病历的研究发现，他们有一个可变的效果。如果要发挥医疗保健专业人员的潜力，就需要仔细研究他们如何与电子记录互动。该项目的目的是研究牙科专业人员对电子病历的使用情况，确定与牙科专业人员互动的可用程序选择，并进行试点干预，以测试和评估所获得的知识。该项目的成果将提供一套原则，指导牙科界使用电子病历，通过将公认的准则纳入日常实践，改善牙齿健康。本研究也将作为未来R01转化建议的准备材料，用于处理吸烟、糖尿病和干性药物患者的治疗，并建立一个合作研究团队，专注于将EDR应用于牙科健康服务研究。弄清楚如何转化在牙科研究中开发的知识是我们目前面临的最大挑战之一。本研究将有助于了解如何使用edr将研究成果转化为实践。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Electronic dental records (EDR) are starting to appear throughout the dental practice environment. They represent a potentially powerful tool for incorporating best practice guidelines into the dental encounter through the use of clinical reminders. However, the research from the medical use of clinical reminders within the electronic medical record has found them to have a variable effect. Careful study of how healthcare professionals interact with electronic records is required if they are to achieve their potential. The purpose of this project is to study the use of an EDR by dental professionals, to determine what programming options for the interaction with the dental professional are available, and to conduct a pilot intervention to test and evaluate the acquired knowledge. The results of this project will provide a set of principles that will guide the dental community in the usage of EDRs to improve dental health by incorporating accepted guidelines into daily practice. This study will also be used as preparatory material for future R01 translational proposals dealing with the treatment of patients with tobacco usage, diabetes and xerogenic medication, and to establish a team of collaborating researchers focused on using the EDR in dental health services research. Figuring out how to translate the knowledge developed in dental research is one of the greatest challenges we currently confront. This study will help provide the understanding of how to use EDRs to translate research into practice.