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Adv Dent Res 17:86-88, December, 2003
© 2003 SAGE Publications

Using Information Technology and Community-based Research to Improve the Dental Health-care System

Presented at "Dental Informatics & Dental Research: Making the Connection", a conference held in, Bethesda, MD, USA, June 12–13, 2003, sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Center for Dental Informatics and supported in part by award 1R13DE014611-01 from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research/National Library of Medicine.

K.A. Atchison

UCLA School of Dentistry, Box 951668, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668; kathya{at}dent.ucla.edu

It is commonly acknowledged that the United States’ health-care system produces some of the finest care in the world for some people but fails to meet the needs of others. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued six aims for a redesigned health-care system, that it be: safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. The purpose of this paper is to use an ongoing community-based study to illustrate current problems in the provision of oral health services that could be addressed through information technology. Appropriate use of information technology can assist dental schools and clinics in community-based clinical outcomes research needed to assemble the evidence base for improving oral health care. This conference serves as an important steppingstone to establish a means for information technology to improve the community’s oral health.

Key Words: Health-care quality • public health dentistry • dental health surveys • health-care evaluation mechanisms

Advances in Dental Research, Vol. 17, No. 1, 86-88 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/154407370301700120
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