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SCI Gateway for Dentists Forth 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. SCI Gateway for Dentists.
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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
SCI Gateway for Dentists • Met with GDP Subcommittee • Demonstrated the system • Held project kick-off meeting • Benefits • Milestones • Risks • Forms • Finalised forms and began implementation 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
SCI Gateway for Dentists End of June 2009 to end of September 2009 Pilot
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