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Explore the implementation of SCI Gateway for Dentists, focusing on benefits, milestones, risks, forms, and system demonstration, kicking off with project meetings. Improve data quality, speed, and reliability of referrals, enhancing patient information tracking and completion of forms.
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SCI Gateway for DentistsForth Valley Eric Hill 18 May 2010
Forth Valley Dental Referral Model Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery Health Records High Street Practices Orthodontics Central Orthodontics (independent) SCI Gateway Community & Salaried Dental
Met with GDP Subcommittee • Demonstrated the system • Held project kick-off meeting • Benefits • Milestones • Risks • Forms • Finalised forms and began implementation SCI Gateway for Dentists The Beginning
SCI Gateway for Dentists • Improved quality and completeness of data being sent • Improved speed and reliability of transmission • Record of receipt: senders can track status and inform patients • Referral forms can include advice screens, e.g. guidelines on when to refer, etc Benefits
SCI Gateway for Dentists • CHI: • SCI Gateway allows boards to decide • Dentists currently have no access to CHI • Paper referrals don’t have the CHI • Referrals received in Forth Valley via SCI Gateway, not SCI Store Issues
SCI Gateway for Dentists • Configuring practices in SCI Gateway: • Practice info from ISD not yet available for dental practices • Manual entry must be done centrally, not by the boards Issues
SCI Gateway for Dentists • Health records wasn’t configured to receive dental referrals: • Was noticed within days during the pilot Other issues • One receiver was deleting referrals when finished processing: • Noticed by practices; rectified with further training
SCI Gateway for Dentists • Size limit of 2 MB on attachments could interfere with sending x-rays: • Informal survey of boards indicates most x-rays are less than the limit • One practice in Forth Valley produces larger file sizes, but this could be a configuration error Other issues
End of June 2009 to end of September 2009 SCI Gateway for Dentists Pilot
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