Axium

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Electronic Patient Record (Axium)

The clinical information system (Axium) was developed by Exan Academic in Canada and implemented by a selection committee working at the University of Texas Dental Branch in Houston, Texas. The system was purchased in 2006 because of the need to automate clinical practice, serve as an educational delivery tool. Other anticipated benefit include accuracy and legibility of information, intergrated application for digitial imaging and decision making, reduction in personnel cost, improved patient encounter and sheduling, date mining.

All the Clinics in the Dental Enterpise at UT Houston had the EPR installed and utilized 100% of Staff, Student and Faculty, by June 2007. The only expection was the off site Graduate Pediatric Clinic.

The Digital record system comprised of clinical applications such as a main component for entering treatment plans, notes. Other application include specialty charting for groups like Orthodontics, periodontics specialities, information mananger for canned user reports, a personal planner report section for student to view their academic progress, a patient card menu to store clinical information about a patient. Medical alerts, Patient status alers and well as an integrated messaging system. The patient archive communication systems had feature to acces, store and retrieve radiographs digitally using phospor plates and sensors and it was intergrated to the digital record system.

References

1. Walji MF, Taylor D, Langabeer JR, Valenza JA. Factors influencing Implementation and Outcomes of a Dental Electronic Patient Record System (http://www.jdentaled.org/cgi/content/full/73/5/589)

2. Walji MF, Taylor D, Langabeer JR, Valenza JA. Economic Outcomes of a Dental Electronic Patient Record ( http://www.jdentaled.org/cgi/content/full/72/10/1189)