The American Board of Orthodontics was founded in 1929 and is the oldest specialty board in dentistry. It was initiated by Dr Albert Ketcham and several colleagues who believed that the specialty of orthodontics should have a certifying body. The certificate issued by the Board was then and has continued to signify a certification of attainment. It does not confer any legal qualification, privi...

A growing number of healthcare organizations are replacing their traditional record keeping methods with the electronic medical record (EMR) systems as part of an on-going effort toward the digitization of healthcare. With the growing use of this digital information system, concerns about the state of security for the EMR systems have also increased. In recent years, a large number of academic ...

QUESTION What is the process of developing a clinical information tool to be embedded in the electronic health record of a very large and diverse academic medical center? SETTING The development took place at the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System. METHOD The clinical information tool developed is a search box with subject tabs to provide quick access to designated full...

INTRODUCTION The patient's record maintains all the diagnostic information with regards to patients and contains valuable information that can be beneficial to the dentist as well as legal authorities during forensic human identification. AIM Objective of the study was to compare dental records with an ideal dental record form, as well as to compare between dental records of private clinics a...

BACKGROUND Computerized decision support reduces medication errors in inpatients, but limited evidence supports its effectiveness in reducing the coprescribing of interacting medications, especially in the outpatient setting. The usefulness of academic detailing to enhance the effectiveness of medication interaction alerts also is uncertain. METHODS This study used an interrupted time series ...

A medical student interested in Emergency Medicine (EM) will find acceptance into residency to be competitive and possibly difficult. An applicant should become aware of the qualities valued by EM residency directors. In the pre-clinical years, an applicant should do well in the basic sciences, perform well on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1, and find an appropria...