Toward Implementing Primary Care at Chairside: Developing a Clinical Decision Support System for Dental Hygienists.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The goal of this project was to use the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) as the theoretical foundation for developing a web-based clinical decision support system (CDSS) for primary care screening and care coordination by dental hygienists at chairside.

Methods

First, we appraised New York State education and scope of practice requirements for dental hygienists with input from health experts who constituted a Senior Advisory Board for the project, and reviewed current professional guidelines and best practices for tobacco use, hypertension and diabetes screening, and nutrition counseling at chairside. Second, we created algorithms for these four health issues (tobacco, hypertension, diabetes, and nutrition) using evidence-based guideline

SUBMITTER: Russell SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4691286 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature