Dental Law - What You Need To Know
Dental Law - What You Need To Know
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Electronic Record Keeping

Electronic Record Keeping

8/18/2017 7:45:57 AM   |   Comments: 0   |   Views: 117
Use of electronic dental records is expanding and eventually will become standard. There are considerable risk management benefits to electronic records. Some benefits include:
        
  • Standardized organization and format
         
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  • Avoids handwritten, illegible entries
         
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  • Facilitates complete record with consistent entries by various providers
         
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  • Avoids physical storage which may be prone to loss in fires, floods or other events
         
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  • Cloud-storage provides safe, redundant storage and access
         
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  • Security systems built in
         
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  • Eases storage of images with record
         
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  • Makes records available to more than one practitioner or location at a time
         
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  • Provides potential for data extraction for research
         
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  • In many cases, it is expensive to go digital, but well worth the cost. 

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