Assessing the completeness of periodontal disease documentation in the EHR: a first step in measuring the quality of care

• Main Authors: Joanna Mullins (Author), Alfa Yansane (Author), Shwetha V. Kumar (Author), Suhasini Bangar (Author), Ana Neumann (Author), Todd R. Johnson (Author), Gregory W. Olson (Author), Krishna Kumar Kookal (Author), Emily Sedlock (Author), Aram Kim (Author), Elizabeth Mertz (Author), Ryan Brandon (Author), Kristen Simmons (Author), Joel M. White (Author), Elsbeth Kalenderian (Author), Muhammad F. Walji (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Our objective was to measure the proportion of patients for which comprehensive periodontal charting, periodontal disease risk factors (diabetes status, tobacco use, and oral home care compliance), and periodontal diagnoses were documented in the electronic health record (EHR). W...