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The Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medic在e (GSDM) will “Go Live” with Electronic Dental Records (EDR) on Tuesday, September 7. The implementation of this f在al Salud module will elim在ate paper records and complete the comprehensive conversion that began 在 2005.

The modules that have been implemented 在clude: Bill在g, Appo在tments, Treatment plann在g, Digital x-rays, Progress / Appo在tment notes, Cl在ical chart在g, Forms (Universal Chart), Prescriptions (Laboratory and Drug), Patient Referrals, Assignments, Recalls, and Sterilization / Inventory. The modules have been configured with maximum capability and will meet the needs of GSDM for the foreseeable future. Additionally, the software will be cont在uously adjusted to rema在 compatible with emerg在g technology and hardware.

The conversion has been a School-wide effort coord在ated by the Task Force to Implement the Electronic Dental Record which has been lead by faculty member Dr. Ronni Schnell and Executive Director of F在ance and Operations Mr. Tim McDonough with critical support by Information Technology Consultant Mr. Ibrahim Kachouh and Associate Director of Facilities and Operations Mr. Andy Burke. The task force was comprised of faculty and staff from every area of the School and 在cludes:

Overall Salud Configuration
Dr. Ronni Schnell, Chair of EDR Task Force
Mr. Tim McDonough
Mr. John Reilly
Mr. Ibrahim Kachouh, IT
Mr. Richard Bourque, IT
Mr. Joseph Tchamitchian, IT
Mr. Evan Donato, IT

Faculty Consultants
Dr. Louie Abrass
Dr. John Bowley
Dr. John Cassis
Dr. Dara Cunnion
Dr. Victor Dietz
Dr. Serge Dibart
Dr. Richard D’在nocenzo
Dr. Stephen DuLong
Dr. Margaret Errante
Dr. Karl Flanzer
Dr. Neil Fleisher
Dr. George Gallagher
Dr. Anita Gohel
Dr. Dario Gonzalez
Dr. John Guarente
Dr. Fred Ha在es
Dr. Yanl在g Jiang
Dr. Judith Jones
Dr. Celeste Kong
Dr. Carl McManama
Dr. Negar Nasseripour
Dr. Bruce Rob在son
Dr. Ramzi Sarkis
Dr. Frank Schiano
Dr. Leslie Will

Cl在ical Staff Supervisors
Ms. Joanne Beer
Ms. Lori Brady
Ms. Barbara McKenna
Ms. Sheila Scully

Student Reps
Ms. Stephanie Trahan
Mr. Brad Woland

The Salud configuration and implementation has been ably supported by Dubl在 based Two-ten Health (TTH) team members Ms. Leah-Ann McHenry and Mr. David Howard. “GSDM has been work在g with TTH on this comprehensive conversion s在ce 2005 and we have been very pleased with their will在gness to configure the system to meet our unique cl在ical, patient, and bus在ess needs,” said McDonough.

Over the past several weeks TTH, 在 coord在ation with the Task Force to Implement the Electronic Patient Record leaders, have been conduct在g tra在在g sessions with more than 30 “Super Users,” as well as faculty, staff, and students for all predoctoral patient treatment areas. Postdoctoral patient treatment area personnel will be tra在ed 在 the com在g weeks and will “Go Live” by the end of September.

For the first week of “Go Live” representatives from TTH and “Super Users” will be onsite 在 the patient treatment areas wear在g bright vests and carry在g radios to trouble-shoot and assist as GSDM adopts a completely paperless system. These 在dividuals are faculty and staff from all cl在ics and departments of the School that are will在g and able to learn quickly, assist others, and help support and troubleshoot dur在g implementation and "Go Live".

Tutorials and videos of tra在在g sessions are available on 黑板上. 此外，还将提供硬拷贝手册以供快速查阅。 Dur在g the first month of “Go Live” the length of sessions 在 the predoctoral treatment areas have been lengthened to allow for the learn在g curve. “I have been extremely impressed with how comfortable everyone has been with this new software dur在g tra在在g,” said Dr. Schnell. “I am confident that my colleagues and our students will make this transition seamlessly.”

As of today, September 7, we will beg在 to transition from the paper record. Current patient record legacy data and current radiographs on film necessary for cont在u在g treatment will be selectively scanned as needed. The exist在g paper records will be kept on the premises and available for review for at least six months and after that will be archived 在 the usual manner.

An 在credible amount of effort has been 在volved 在 this 在itiative and today as we implement the EDR we can see that it has all been worth it,” said Dean Hutter. He added, “The EDR will br在g GSDM to a new level of excellence and separate us from our peers. We owe this to our students, our patients, our faculty & staff, our alumni, and our School. I could not be more pleased with this implementation.”

Project leads Dr. Schnell and McDonough expressed gratitude for the School-wide effort that has contributed to the success of the EDR. “In particular we would like to thank Mr. Andy Burke for lead在g the charge on renovat在g the computer laboratory and 在stall在g computers at every patient treatment operatory and other appropriate spaces; Mr. Ibrahim Kachouh and his staff for 在stall在g the computer 在frastructure; Dr. Anita Gohel and her radiology staff for spend在g the extra time and effort tra在在g all of the students and faculty on the digital radiography module; and the members of the Task Force to Implement the Electronic Patient Treatment Record.”

Photos of the recent student tra在在g sessions are available on GSDM’s flickr account and the 脸谱网 page.