TY  - JOUR
T1  - Reducing Inaccurate Referrals to Dental Home Care Using Dental Virtual Clinic
A1  - Asma Alhamazani
A1  - Mohammed Abdulkarim Alzahrani
A1  - Muteb Khalaf Almuways
A1  - Faisal Lafi Almutairi
A1  - Mashael Shafi Alsalmi Alenazi
A1  - Rowan Abdullah Mansour Alqarni
A1  - Alanoud Fahd Fajri Alshamri
A1  - Najwa Suleiman Salman Almutairi
A1  - Loujain Saleh Alghamdi
A1  - Noof Saeed AlKahtani
A1  - Hadil Ali AlAmry
A1  - Raghad Abdullah Alrubayan
A1  - Majed Saber Alsaeed
JF  - specialty journal of medical research and health science
JO  - SPEC. J. MED. RES. HEALTH SCI.
SN  - 2521-3172
Y1  - 2024
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
SP  - 15
EP  - 24
N2  - 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.
UR  - https://sciarena.com/article/reducing-inaccurate-referrals-to-dental-home-care-using-dental-virtual-clinic-uujwhmuq01uhvr9
ER  -