The Patient Data Repository in Kanta makes oral health care data available to all professionals involved in the patient’s treatment. It allows information to flow smoothly between public and private oral health care services, and elsewhere in health care services when needed.
Oral health care professionals can also access the patient’s other treatment history in Kanta. This makes it easier to understand the patient’s situation and to consider potential risks or factors that may affect treatment, such as medication.
Patients can view their oral health care information in MyKanta, which promotes the patient’s commitment to their treatment.
Oral health care data content will be implemented in Kanta in stages
Oral health care data content will be stored in the Patient Data Repository in stages. Read more about oral health care data content and other definitions.
You can check the status of oral health care data content in your own patient information system with your system supplier. On the Joint Testing Status page, you can also view the status of deployments for oral health care patient information systems.
Other Kanta Services and functionalities for oral health care
Once an oral health care service provider has deployed the Patient Data Repository, it may also deploy other functionalities and data content.
Functionalities useful for oral health care include:
- authorisation of outsourcing service providers
- storage and forwarding of certificates and reports
- storage of imaging documents.
In addition, oral health care practitioners performing imaging must deploy the Imaging Data Repository to save oral imaging scans in Kanta.
How to start recording oral health care information
If you or your organisation have not yet joined the Kanta Services, deploy the Patient Data Repository. Guidelines for deployment of the Patient Data Repository.
How to expand the use of the Patient Data Repository to oral health care data content:
Contact your information system supplier to confirm which functionalities can be enabled in your patient information system.
Familiarise personnel with oral health care procedures and data entry guidelines.
Ensure with your information system supplier that oral data content can be successfully saved in Kanta.