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Consortium for oral health-related informatics: improving dental research, education, and treatment.

ABSTRACT: Advances in informatics, particularly the implementation of electronic health records (EHR), in dentistry have facilitated the exchange of information. The majority of dental schools in North America use the same EHR system, providing an unprecedented opportunity to integrate these data into a repository that can be used for oral health education and research. In 2007, fourteen dental schools formed the Consortium for Oral Health-Related Informatics (COHRI). Since its inception, COHRI has established structural and operational processes, governance and bylaws, and a number of work groups organized in two divisions: one focused on research (data standardization, integration, and analysis), and one focused on education (performance evaluations, virtual standardized patients, and objective structured clinical examinations). To date, COHRI (which now includes twenty dental schools) has been successful in developing a data repository, pilot-testing data integration, and sharing EHR enhancements among the group. This consortium has collaborated on standardizing medical and dental histories, developing diagnostic terminology, and promoting the utilization of informatics in dental education. The consortium is in the process of assembling the largest oral health database ever created. This will be an invaluable resource for research and provide a foundation for evidence-based dentistry for years to come.

SUBMITTER: Stark PC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3114442 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Consortium for oral health-related informatics: improving dental research, education, and treatment.

Stark Paul C PC Kalenderian Elsbeth E White Joel M JM Walji Muhammad F MF Stewart Denice C L DC Kimmes Nicole N Meng Thomas R TR Willis George P GP DeVries Ted T Chapman Robert J RJ

Journal of dental education 20101001 10

Advances in informatics, particularly the implementation of electronic health records (EHR), in dentistry have facilitated the exchange of information. The majority of dental schools in North America use the same EHR system, providing an unprecedented opportunity to integrate these data into a repository that can be used for oral health education and research. In 2007, fourteen dental schools formed the Consortium for Oral Health-Related Informatics (COHRI). Since its inception, COHRI has establ ...[more]

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