A human-centered design of a dental discharge summary (DDS) for patients.

Patients are often provided with sub-optimal information regarding their clinic visits. Patients sometimes forget post-discharge instructions provided verbally, and infrequently follow preventative advice to improve health. In this research we propose to develop and evaluate a dental discharge summary (DDS) for patients through a human-centered design process. Our long term goals are to automatically generate a personalized discharge summary after each clinic encounter to educate and motivate patients to maintain excellent oral health.