Journal of Public Health Dentistry • Vol 83 • No 1
Development of quality measures to assess tooth decay outcomes from electronic health record data
October 2022 • Ryan Brandon, Suhasini Bangar, Alfa Yansane, Ana Neumann, Joanna Mullins, Elsbeth Kalenderian, Muhammad F. Walji, Joel M. White
Abstract Objectives To develop outcomes of care quality measures derived from the dental electronic health record (EHR) to assess the occurrence and timely treatment of tooth decay. Methods Quality measures were developed to assess whether decay was treated within 6 months and if new decay occurred in patients seen. Using EHR‐derived data of the state of each tooth surface, algorithms compared the patient's teeth at different dates to determine if decay was treated or new decay had occurred. Manual chart reviews w…