Electronic Health Records

[Jorgebon]

Jordan, has there been any news on this topic and what a dental practice management software must do to be certified by the federal government?
Jorge Bonilla, DMD

[jordansparks]

We need to get eRx done ASAP. Our software can't be certified yet, but eRx is the first piece of the puzzle.

[Jorgebon]

I went to a continuing ed on the topic a few days ago. The parameters that the federal government set to be a meaningful user and thus qualify for funds are basically impossibe for the average dentist to meet. Seems like nobody thought about dentists when they wrote this law.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD

[Dentistry Roseville]

This is a good example on how technology can be applied in different ways. The use of this kind of method in storing the health records of a patient will be helpful and can save money, time and energy in searching for a record of an old patient.
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[Jorgebon]

I have my doubts on the acceptance this will have among dentists. It looks like having access to the information will not be free for us providers. I think dentists will not have a good enough incentive to participate in this unless we are mandated by the federal government or the insurance companies to do so. In spite of this I think any software that wants to survive will need to be compliant.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD

[nathansparks]

There are rumors that The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) will publish guidelines for dental certification in mid 2011, we shall see.

[Jay]

Is any current practice management software able to do this or is there no information whatsover on what it entails?