The EOHR and Capturing Patient Care Data

Standardized Reporting

Another attempt towards computerized reporting of aggregated data and development of telematic applications, i.e., the specific use of interactive multimedia technology (including voice in- and output, videoconferencing, and dynamic 2D and 3D visualization techniques) are linked to a dental software system known as the ORATEL project that can be found on the Internet at http://www.dis.uu.se/mdi/projects/oratel/index.html.²²  It addresses the issue of quality assurance and provides chairside decision support and retrospective evaluation of performance for General Dental Practitioners (GDP).  Findings so far have been approved by the European Commission for further development under a new project called ORQUEST (http://www.dis.uu.se/mdi/projects/orquest/index.htm).

Reaching the step of data exchange it is important to note the need for compatible data, structuring trade-offs between unstructured text, and defined data structures.  This is still an issue not fully resolved, but imminently needs to be solved in order to facilitate quality CDS.

Although further development of those systems is required, implementing standard findings known from instructional software design^23-25 and human-computer interaction^26,27 is vital in order for these systems to be accepted by dentists.  Because dentists started to develop their own educational software packages and online courses using sophisticated software development tools, the quality of these products varies widely.  Again, the establishment of standards is mandatory.  Preliminary concepts on the development of standards for the design of educational software²⁸ as well as the analysis of instructional characteristics of online continuing education courses²⁹ are already accepted and used widely.

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