2010 Catalog: General Courses

Our trainees are provided a presentation, along with hands-on use, of the Clinical Applications and the Electronic Appointment Scheduler in the Dentrix Enterprise electronic dental record [EDR]. This course of instruction is presented on site for a full five days. An additional two days are spent together with the trainer during “Go Live” following the initial five days. At this time, the EDR is put to work with active patients in the dental clinic, with the trainer there to assist the Doctors and Staff Members as they use the software.

We will instruct the Dental Chief, Staff Dentists, and the entire Team, respective to position, on how to:
1. Setup the Clinic in Dentrix Enterprise [includes Password Security settings and assigned rights for a Login/Password for each Provider and Staff Member].
2. Enter existing treatment, treatment planned procedures, and completed treatment procedures in the Patient Chart.
3. Enter Perio Charting of pocket depths, recession, etc.
4. Complete and Approve Clinical Notes for each patient’s visit to the clinic.
5. Appoint and Re-Appoint patients for needed treatment.
6. Use scanning hardware and the Dentrix Enterprise Document Center to electronically store all paperwork.
7. Set-up and monitor a Recall system for ongoing patient care.
8. Use the DXOne reporting module for collection of statistical data for various Reporting needs.
9. If applicable, use Dentrix Image, digital x-ray software that is the Dentrix Enterprise solution for acquiring, manipulating, and storing digital images.

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
1. Effectively chart patient conditions, along with planned and completed treatment, in an electronic format.
2. Write, approve, and store Clinical Notes electronically.
3. Produce, manipulate, and store digital images [if applicable to the clinic].
4. Enter and archive Patient Appointments electronically.
5. Track and contact Patients for treatment planned, and for regular hygiene care needed.
6. Use Dentrix Enterprise to go completely chartless/paperless when desired.
7. Retrieve, schedule, manage, and maintain statistical data at will.

GEORGE CHIARCHIARO — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at george.chiarchiaro@ihs.gov.

Alice Kaplan — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at alice.kaplan@aol.com.

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.

The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org

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Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.