Management and administration of dental health services

Abstract

Within medical informatics there’s dental informatics, which deals with the management of information, communication, and the application of new technologies in clinical practice and research. These computer systems involve the storage of information and will be in charge of organizing the work in the dental clinic.(Specified, 2009) Objective: The primary objective of this research work is to know the need to manage and administer dental health services through computer systems in the city of Chiclayo. Method: It is a cross-sectional, descriptive, observational, and prospective study. Which comprised conducting questionnaires to the owners of dental clinics, administrative personnel, dentists, and patients who attend the different dental clinics that are in the City of Chiclayo. Results: We verified that there were contrasting hypotheses. Conclusions: We conclude that there is a need to implement dental clinics with computer systems.

Understanding Emergency Room Visits for Nontraumatic Oral Health Conditions in a Hospital Serving Rural Appalachia: Dental Informatics Study

“…Dental informatics, a comparatively juvenile field [ 17 ], can be used to understand a wide variety of problems within dentistry but is not widely used [ 18 ] and historically may not be widely understood [ 19 ]. One of the difficulties with global acceptance is that dental practitioners may lack computer knowledge, creating a hurdle for introducing dental informatics [ 20 ]. e-Communities within dental societies may overcome these difficulties by bringing dental professionals together at a resource hub and allowing them to share information [ 21 ].…”