Reducing Inaccurate Referrals to Dental Home Care Using Dental Virtual Clinic
Abstract
The rise in the number of older people in Saudi Arabia, who suffer from chronic, mobility-restricting diseases necessitates need for domiciliary care Companies such as Dental Home Care (DHC). This research aims at examining the effects of adopting a new concept of a virtual dental clinic at Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC) to minimize inapposite referrals, misallocation of resources, and to improve patients’ outcomes in DHC services. By means of virtual dental clinics, teleconsultations can facilitate preliminary examinations necessary to exclude or include patients in the DHC programme. This model is expected to enhance the efficient and effective use of resources, minimize call-frequency based encounters and increase patient and provider satisfaction. Both, retrospective and prospective investigations were performed including one year prior to the virtual clinic as well as one year post implementation. Studies show that virtual screening succeeded in achieving high accuracy in referrals, sustainability in effective resource utilization and cost savings; all of which affirm optimization of DHC processes.
Keywords:
Dental virtual clinic, Dental, Saudi Arabia, Dental Home Care (DHC)
How to cite:
Vancouver
Alhamazani A, Alzahrani MA, Almuways MK, Almutairi FL, Alenazi MSA, Alqarni RAM, et al. Reducing Inaccurate Referrals to Dental Home Care Using Dental Virtual Clinic. SPEC. J. MED. RES. HEALTH SCI.. 2024;9(1):15-24.
APA
Alhamazani, A., Alzahrani, M. A., Almuways, M. K., Almutairi, F. L., Alenazi, M. S. A., Alqarni, R. A. M., Alshamri, A. F. F., Almutairi, N. S. S., Alghamdi, L. S., AlKahtani, N. S., et al. (2024). Reducing Inaccurate Referrals to Dental Home Care Using Dental Virtual Clinic. specialty journal of medical research and health science, 9(1), 15-24.
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