Development of quality measures to assess tooth decay outcomes from electronic health record data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop outcomes of care quality measures derived from the dental electronic health record (EHR) to assess the occurrence and timely treatment of tooth decay.

Methods

Quality measures were developed to assess whether decay was treated within 6 months and if new decay occurred in patients seen. Using EHR-derived data of the state of each tooth surface, algorithms compared the patient's teeth at different dates to determine if decay was treated or new decay had occurred. Manual chart reviews were conducted at three sites to validate the measures. The measures were implemented and scores were calculated for three sites over four calendar years, 2016 through 2019.

Results

About 954 charts were manually reviewed for the timely treatment of tooth decay measure

SUBMITTER: Brandon RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10006288 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature