Finding dental harm to patients through electronic health record-based triggers.

M.F Walji; A. Yansane; N.B Hebballi; A.M Ibarra-Noriega; K.K Kookal; S. Tungare; K. Kent; R. McPharlin; V. Delattre; E. Obadan-Udoh; O. Tokede; J. White; E. Kalenderian

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Finding dental harm to patients through electronic health record-based triggers.

February 19, 2020

Walji MF, Yansane A, Hebballi NB, et al. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2020;5(3):271-277.

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Building upon prior research developing trigger tools for identifying preventable errors in dentistry, this study reviewed 1,885 electronic health records (EHR) across four dental practices and found that 16% contained an adverse event. The most common events were pain (27.5%), hard tissue (14.8%) or soft tissue injuries (14.8%) and nerve injuries (13.3%). An EHR-based trigger tool can be an effective approach to identifying safety incidents and measuring the quality of care.

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