Office computer systems for the dental office

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 549-557

  Sam, Frances E ^a   Bonnick, Andrea M ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chartless; Computers; Dental office; EHR; Software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL FACILITY; DENTAL INFORMATICS; DENTAL TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW;

COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL INFORMATICS; DENTAL OFFICES; DENTAL RECORDS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, DENTAL; SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGY, DENTAL;

EID: 79959880964     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2011.02.010     Document Type: Review

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