Dental Quality Measurement--A Practitioner Perspective

J Calif Dent Assoc. 2016 Apr;44(4):233-7.

Abstract

This article reviews the HealthPartners Dental Group's experience with clinical quality measurement and provides information on the administrative infrastructure that supports measurement within the group. Some examples of the role measurement plays in operations and clinical practice are also reviewed.

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Clinical Coding / standards
  • Cost Control
  • Database Management Systems / standards
  • Dental Care / economics
  • Dental Care / organization & administration
  • Dental Care / standards*
  • Dental Clinics / economics
  • Dental Clinics / organization & administration
  • Dental Clinics / standards
  • Dentists / psychology
  • Documentation / standards
  • Electronic Health Records / standards
  • Evidence-Based Dentistry
  • Humans
  • Minnesota
  • Oral Health / standards
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Practice Management, Dental / economics
  • Practice Management, Dental / organization & administration
  • Practice Management, Dental / standards
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care / standards*
  • Risk Assessment