Design and Implementation of a Dental Information Retrieval System (DIRS)

Abstract

All Naval dental treatment facilities (DTF) worldwide are required to submit monthly reports containing dental records of treatments provided and overall dental readiness to COMNAVMEDCOM, in Washington, D.C. These reporting requirements are standardized to meet not only the requirements of the Navy, but also as input to the DOD mandated Medical Expense and Performance System (MEPERS). At many commands, this data collection storage and reporting effort is currently performed manually, adding unnecessary additional administrative burden. This thesis develops a computerized database system providing increased accuracy and productivity, and capable of meeting the NAVMED reporting requirements. The Dental Information Retrieval System (DIRS) developed will record all treatments provided for each beneficiary category described in NAVMEDCOMINST 6600.1B, and will facilitate internal external daily, weekly, monthly and annual reporting requirements. An important design consideration is providing the DIRS developed with the requisite capabilities specified by the DTF's, without imposing additional hardware requirements. (kr)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA226017

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  • Roger Kirouac

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  • Naval Postgraduate School

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  • Biomedical

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  • Active Duty
  • Application Software
  • California
  • Computer Programming
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  • Computers
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  • Department Of Defense
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  • Information Retrieval
  • Information Systems
  • Laboratory Procedures
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  • Personal Computers
  • Personnel Management
  • Relational Databases

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  • AI & ML