1. SCI Gateway for Dentists Forth Valley Eric Hill 18 May 2010

2. SCI Gateway High Street Practices Central Orthodontics (independent) Community & Salaried Dental Health Records Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery Orthodontics Forth Valley Dental Referral Model

3. 1.Met with GDP Subcommittee 2.Demonstrated the system 3.Held project kick-off meeting a.Benefits b.Milestones c.Risks d.Forms 4.Finalised forms and began implementation SCI Gateway for Dentists The Beginning

4. SCI Gateway for Dentists Benefits Improved quality and completeness of data being sent Improved speed and reliability of transmission Record of receipt: senders can track status and inform patients Referral forms can include advice screens, e.g. guidelines on when to refer, etc

5. CHI: SCI Gateway allows boards to decide Dentists currently have no access to CHI Paper referrals don’t have the CHI Referrals received in Forth Valley via SCI Gateway, not SCI Store SCI Gateway for Dentists Issues

6. Configuring practices in SCI Gateway: Practice info from ISD not yet available for dental practices Manual entry must be done centrally, not by the boards SCI Gateway for Dentists Issues

7. Health records wasn’t configured to receive dental referrals: Was noticed within days during the pilot SCI Gateway for Dentists Other issues One receiver was deleting referrals when finished processing: Noticed by practices; rectified with further training

8. Size limit of 2 MB on attachments could interfere with sending x-rays: Informal survey of boards indicates most x-rays are less than the limit One practice in Forth Valley produces larger file sizes, but this could be a configuration error SCI Gateway for Dentists Other issues

9. SCI Gateway for Dentists Pilot End of June 2009 to end of September 2009 DestinationJulyAugustSeptemberTotal Central Orthodontics Falkirk46717 Central Orthodontics Stirling17301966 Community Dental Service12171241 Oral Surgery FDRI119525 Oral Surgery SRI32712 Orthodontics FDRI49720 Orthodontics SRI4127 Total557459188

10. SCI Gateway for Dentists Usage Information

11. Questions?