فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

AIM: Worldwide, the adoption of electronic patient recording system is increasing among manyparts of the health sectors.  Although paper‑based recording of patients’ information was a routinein many departments of dental schools, easy destruction of collected information and the costs ofits conversion to electronic data, limited the availability of updated data at the department of dentalpublic health. This paper aimed to explain the project of designing a system for Electronic Oral HealthRecording (EOHR) in Isfahan dental school. The initial testing of system among dental students isreported too.METHODS: A situation analysis was conducted among the faculty members and dental studentsdealing with the Department of Oral Public Health. The content of EOHR was developed based onthe WHO STEPwise model for chronic disease surveillance systems. The system was developed asan application for smartphone and a web‑based database. The spiral model was applied in softwaredevelopment which was accomplished by the object‑oriented programming method. After that, alphaand beta testing were done in target population. Data were compiled during the interview and oralexamination by 40 dental students among 200 schoolchildren. It has been stored as a data bankfollowing the network connection.  The pitfalls of the system during its usage in dental public healthcourse were evaluated as well.RESULTS: The baseline analysis of situation generally revealed a perception of need to change theexisting paper‑based recording system among the dental students and the academic members; it wassummarized in five areas as follows: benefits restrictions, structural barriers, perceived advantagesand feasibility. The application was designed and completed as six pages interface includingdemographic and follow‑up page, socioeconomic status of family, oral health‑related behavior,dental and gingival status, and quality of life. Drawbacks, such as nonresponded items, commonassumptions, student registration page on the mobile, and modification in the output Excel file foranalysis variables, have been resolved.CONCLUSION: A  software application and web‑based database were designed regarding thecharacteristics of Agile Unified Process development and educational dental setting. This systemshould be improved and established gradually.