If you suddenly toothache, when the doctor had to wait Dental Centre dentists and nurses from many files which identify your medical records, it is hard not to hate teeth itch.
In the future, Singapore National Dental Centre (National Dental Centre) of the dentist as long as the mouse that you can from the new "electronic dental record system" (electronic dental record system) to obtain the patient in the past in the dental center other medical specialties medical records, including electronic X-rays, reduce patients' waiting time.
In addition, dentists can easily access to the patients in other health services group in Singapore (Singapore Health Services, referred to as SingHealth) the relevant medical clinic records.
Patient if any special conditions, such as sensitivity to certain drugs or bleeding tendency, the electronic system will have clear labeling to alert the attention of dentists, dentists in the check written to avoid missing data.
Electronic system will calculate the cost to be paid to patients to speed up payment process.
Senior Consultant, National Dental Centre Xuzhu Yuan said: "Many patients are unable to clearly explain their medical condition, this system not only allows us to dental supplies understand the patient's medical history, but also allows us to follow up the patient's medical records, to ensure that patients do not miss the return visit. "
As "electronic dental records system," Dr. Xu Zhuyuan Chairman of the Steering Committee also noted that patients usually see a doctor to go through the process several specialist dentists, dentists often face waiting for medical records or can not find the problem.
With electronic medical records system, dentists are able at any time directly from the computer system to obtain the patient's medical history, but also address the need to interpret obscure other dentists scrawled handwritten notes of the problems.
Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday after a visit to the National Dental Centre, Ministry of Health, the blog also pointed out that as medical centers and integrated into the e-Clinic, responsible for medical records staff can turn to provide other medical services, air out the information library space can also be converted into a clinic.
National Dental Centre on the existing database in the future plan turned into an elderly dentist.
The new security group under the National Dental Centre is a local launch of the new system of electronic medical records system, the first dental, medical records exchange is currently limited to the center of each sector, but future plans to expand the scope of information exchange.
Ministry of Health in 2007 that "a Singaporean, a family doctor, an electronic medical records," the ideal state, public health groups also went to its hospitals, clinics, specialty centers and comprehensive information in electronic form, toward the "one person, one electronic medical records, "the target.
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