After more than a year of intense planning and development, University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry launched a new clinic information system called AxiUm. The new system integrates multiple functions and processes across a wide range of departments within the dental clinics, as well as the dental school as a whole.
The new system is part of a school initiative called the Future of the Clinic Information System (FOCIS) and was implemented by a dedicated team of faculty, staff and students. AxiUm is expected to improve and transform many aspects of how the dental school functions.
Some of the features include:
New tools and abilities for faculty:
- Ability to provide daily written feedback about student performance and assess daily work
- Collate feedback and grades
- Create reports of student progress
- Improve the educational experience for students
Secure electronic health records:
- Hard tissue charting with drawing capability and automatic updates
- Periodontal charting with all necessary diagnostic parameters
- Secure, recoverable data storage
- Pharmaceutical formulary created by department chairs
- Legible treatment record entries with phrased drop-down boxes
Additional benefits for patients:
- Charts, radiographs, models can be pulled up chairside
- Better supervision of care
- More consistent processes across clinics
Facilitation of research:
- Improved collaboration among Pacific faculty and with other dental schools
- Search a large patient health history database to identify trends
- Search a large pharmaceutical formulary to identify trends
- More data for clinic-related research
General process improvements:
- Centralization of billing, insurance processing, collections, and cashiering
- Closer monitoring of clinical products
- More calibration and oversight among employees
- Closer monitoring of processes by our internal auditor
Upgrades to hardware:
- Twenty-two inch monitor mounted on a movable arm
- Thin client terminals, with server stored securely in a locked cabinet
- Flexible, fluid-resistant keyboard that can be disinfected
- Fluid-resistant mouse that can be disinfected
- Signature pad to sign off treatment record entries
- Hard-wired for more consistent performance
For more information or assistance, please contact Information Technology.
