Record Keeping for the Dental Office

with Stephen J. Persichetti, DDS, MBA

Course Dates:  Monday, January 23, 2012 

As the challenges of delivering high quality dental care increase, so do the requirements of impeccable record-keeping and chart maintenance.  Every dental office needs a simple system to ensure that patient treatment and communications with patients are documented in a clear and concise manner.  This course is designed to provide you with an opportunity to gain the knowledge and confidence to design and implement an outstanding system of record-keeping in your dental office.  During this course, the attendee will be given the opportunity to discuss their real life charting problems and concerns so as to personalize this course to their individual practice situation.

Topics of discussion include:
•  Charting systems                        
•  Elements of good charting
•  Recommendations about charting with electronic media    
•  Documenting dental procedures
•   Documenting unusual occurrences and poor outcomes    
•  Guidelines for adequate charting
•  Documenting office communications with patients        
•  Informed consent

After attending this course the attendee will:
•  Be able to implement a simple, yet state-of-the-art approach to record-keeping in the dental office
•  Gain insights in how to chart and document complex and difficult situations and circumstances that inevitably appear in busy dental practices.


Date & Time: 
Monday, January 23, 2012     9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

 Tuition:  $325 per dentist/ $115 per staff
*Early Tuition Fees: $295 per dentist/ $95 per staff
Credit:  3 hours
Location:   OHSU School of Dentistry
*Early tuition fees valid when registering one month prior to course date