Paper Info
Title
Electronic Dental Record (EDR) Use in Saudi Arabia: An Exploratory Study.
Abstract
The purpose of this exploratory study is to provide an overview of the electronic dental records (EDR) systems used at National Guard Health Affair (NGHA) hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Different sources of data were collected between February 18 and March 16, 2014. Sources of data included interviews with key informants. Key informants interviews included one 30 minute interview with an information technology specialist working at NGHA; seven 30-40 minute interview with dentists working in both the NGHA hospital and affiliated NGHA Primary Healthcare Clinics (PHCs). Two dental ward clerks were interviewed for 30 minutes and two dental directors were interviewed for 1 hour each. Four main themes emerged as a result of the analysis of the data. The main themes that emerged centered on staff satisfaction and workload, incomplete information, missing files, and adoption of EDRs. There were several challenges identified with the use of EDRs in Saudi Arabia. The challenges related to resistance to use the EDRs by clinical staff; lack of computer skills by clinical staff; usability of the systems; lack of interest in using EDRs; and lack of a clear management change strategy. Moving forward, these issues should be addressed so that more EDRs are implemented in all healthcare institutions in Saudi Arabia.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.3233/978-1-61499-423-7-169
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Dental informatics,Saudi Arabia,Dentistry,Information Technology
Medical education,Knowledge management,Optometry,Dental record,Exploratory research,Medicine
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
202
0926-9630
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.39
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ahmad Almaiman111.06
Salwa Bahkali234.22
Ahlam Bahkali310.72
Sarah Almaiman411.74
Ashraf Elmetwally562.03
Mowafa S. Househ611631.32