“The Military Health System (MHS) is leading the charge with the groundbreaking implementation of a dental component to AHLTA, the military’s electronic health record, and service members are reaping the benefits.
For the first time in the history of the MHS, AHLTA-Dental consolidates the uniformed services’ dental records into a single, secure electronic resource, creating worldwide access to a service member’s integrated medical and dental record.”
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Military Family News, 2 August 2009
Makes perfect sense. One complete health record is a great idea. And, as dental health is very much linked to overall health, it may become a valuable asset for primary care physicians. It’ll be interesting to see if personal health record providers, such as Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health, follow suit, or if there will be apps created to incorporate such information.
I really like the idea as well. However, I can see a lot of people disagreeing under the notion that the records may become viewed by the public (privacy issues).