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Volume 8 J Community Med Health Educ, an open access journal
ISSN: 2161-0711 Public Health 2018
February 26-28, 2018
PUBLIC HEALTH AND NUTRITION
3rd World Congress on
February 26-28, 2018 London, UK
PERCEPTIONS OF DENTAL PRACTITIONERS ON THE USE OF DENTAL ELECTRONIC
MEDICAL RECORDS IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CENTERS IN KUWAIT
Bashair Abdullah Almutairia, Noura Hassen Alajmia, Henry W. W. Pottsb and Rihab Abdullah Alwatayanc
aPublic Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait
bUniversity College of London, United Kingdom
cMinistry of Health, Kuwait
The use of electronic patient records improves healthcare quality for patients and increases efficiency of clinics. The
perceptions of clinicians are important for adopting such systems into routine practice. Our aim was to explore the
perceptions of dentists in Kuwait about the use of electronic dental records. This cross-sectional national survey, 300 self-
administered questionnaires were distributed to dentists working at randomly selected primary-health centers in Kuwait. The
survey statements is about benefits, features and functionality of electronic records, as well as obstacles preventing their use.
Multivariable Analysis was done using various tests’ in SPSS. Overall, the participants responded very positively, particularly
on issues such as storage of radiographs (85%) and records (89%), sharing patient records with other dentists (96%), and
the potential for improving medical histories (98%). The main obstacles to uptake were software/hardware issues (57%) and
the need for technical training (55%) and maintenance (65%). Dentists recognize the need for electronic patient records to
optimize the quality of patient care. They generally have positive attitudes towards electronic records, and most agree that
accessing and sharing them with other healthcare providers is useful. They identified several obstacles to uptake, such as the
need for technical support and training. Our findings indicate the potential for widespread adoption of electronic patient
records in Kuwait for improving patient support and healthcare delivery. The only limitations to the study were the failure of
some participants to respond to specific questions.
Biography
Dr. Bashair Almutairi is Assistance Professor in the Medical Reocords Departement , College of Health Sciences, at PAAET, Kuwait. She has been Graduated from
Health Information Management Department, College of Allied Health , Kuwait University, with the specialties including Health Information Management. Later on
she obtained her MSc. in Health Information System from University of Pittsburgh and her PhD in Health Information Sytem from University College of London.
Currently she is working as Chairman of Medical Records Department, College of Health Sciences, Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait
Bashair Abdullah Almutairia et al., J Community Med Health Educ 2018, Vol 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711-C1-032