%0 Journal Article
%T Development and integration of a clinical dashboard within a dental school setting.
%A Afshari FS
%A Yuan JC
%A Sukotjo C
%A Rowan SA
%A Spector ML
%J J Dent Educ
%V 0
%N 0
%D 2024 Jul 4
%M 38963173
%F 2.313
%R 10.1002/jdd.13639
%X <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>To describe the development and integration of an electronic health record-driven, student dashboard that displays real-time data relative to the students' patient management and clinic experiences at the University of Illinois Chicago, College of Dentistry.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>Following development and implementation of the student dashboard, various objective metrics were evaluated to identify any improvements in the clinical patient management. A cross-sectional retrospective chart review was completed of the electronic health record (axiUm, Exan, Coquitlam, BC, Canada) from January 2019 to April 2022 evaluating four performance metrics: student lockouts, note/code violations, overdue active patients, and overdue recall patients. Descriptive statistics were analyzed. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied to assess the normal distribution of data. Data were analyzed by the Kruskal-Wallis tests for potential differences between pre-dashboard and post-dashboard implementation years with the mean overdue active/recall patient to student ratio variables. Mann-Whitney U-tests for between-groups comparisons with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons were performed (α = 0.05). Descriptive statistics were performed to analyze the student utilization frequency of the dashboard.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>Post-implementation analysis indicated a slight decrease in the number of lockouts and note/code violation; and a statistically significant decrease in overdue active patients post-dashboard (P < 0.001). On average, students accessed their dashboards 3.3 times a week.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>Implementation of a student dashboard through the electronic health record platform within an academic dental practice has the potential to assist students with patient management and is utilized regularly by the students.