Table 5.
Aspect of Chairside Computing | Categorized Responses | No. of Mentions* | %† |
---|---|---|---|
Practice management system features liked (n = 97) | Charting | 35 | 36 |
Treatment planning | 27 | 28 | |
Imaging | 21 | 22 | |
Scheduling | 18 | 19 | |
Progress notes |
9 |
9 |
|
Practice management system features disliked (n = 97) | None | 25 | 26 |
Usability | 15 | 15 | |
Functionality | 15 | 15 | |
Charting | 12 | 12 | |
Inability to customize |
6 |
6 |
|
Barriers (n = 95) | Insufficient operational reliability (such as crashes) | 15 | 16 |
Program limitations | 13 | 14 | |
Learning curve | 13 | 14 | |
Cost | 12 | 13 | |
Infection control issues |
11 |
12 |
|
Advantages (n = 96) | Efficiency | 70 | 73 |
Convenient information access | 23 | 24 | |
Patient education | 22 | 23 | |
Organization | 18 | 19 | |
Imaging |
17 |
18 |
|
Disadvantages (n = 95) | None | 30 | 32 |
Insufficient operational reliability (such as crashes) | 18 | 19 | |
Cost | 10 | 11 | |
Infection control issues | 10 | 11 | |
Insufficient usability |
9 |
9 |
|
Potential improvements (n = 94) | Better input methods | 35 | 37 |
Smaller computers | 14 | 15 | |
Better user interface design | 9 | 10 | |
Faster computers | 7 | 7 | |
Improved digital radiology | 7 | 7 |
Only the top five responses are listed in each category.
Respondents could give multiple responses.
Percentages are calculated the respective n.