2015 … Really?
By Darrell K. Pruitt DDS
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“By 2015, health care is scheduled to be chartless. The federal National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII) is already formulating the parameters for this future. Chartless records are not a choice. The year 2015 is less than seven years away. We have seen hospitals, physicians’ offices, and other health-care providers moving in this direction.
In dentistry, only about 25% of practices are using computers chairside and only 1% is chartless. The American Dental Association is taking a proactive role in NHII. Individual dentists must also take part in the coming changes or once again be victims to others’ choices.”
-Patti DiGangi, RDH, BS
[Dental Economics, 2009]
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Conclusion
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