Gestão da documentação odontológica no Centro Tecnológico da Marinha no Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The present intervention project aims to promote an improvement in the quality of dental care and treatments performed at the Division of Dental Services of the Health Department of the Technological Center of the Navy in Rio de Janeiro through the implementation of electronic medical record. The ethical and legal aspects of dental records, the impact of these issues on the management of dental documents, as well as an analysis of advantages and disadvantages of paper medical records were addressed and electronic. The methodology applied in this intervention project was a case study of qualitative approach in which documentary research was carried out through the nominal list of all military personnel of the Military Organizations (OM) belonging to the Naval Complex of Ribeira (CNR) and the collection of the total number of existing paper medical records. Of the total of 675 active military personnel, 283 (58%) had medical records on paper, and 41 (6%) had duplicate medical records. It was concluded that the technological incorporation and computerization in health services brings effective solutions to the identified problem. This project was carried out with the collaboration of several sectors of this Technological Center and with the contribution of the Central Dental Clinic of the Navy (OCM) that made available the use of its Electronic Dental Record.