ADA accepting applications for investigators in dental informatics award

The American Dental Association (ADA) is accepting applications for the 2015 Robert H. Ahlstrom New Investigator Award, created to encourage interest in dental informatics standards among dental students, new dentists, and dentists pursuing postdoctoral studies. Applications are due Feb. 1, 2015, and a winner will be selected in May 2015.RELATED READING |ADA Council on Scientific Affairs names recipient of first John W. Stanford New Investigator Award The winner of the 2015 Robert H. Ahlstrom New Investigator Award will receive airfare and accommodations to present the winning project in November 2015 at the ADA Standards Committee on Dental Informatics (SCDI) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The ADA defines informatics as the health information technology discipline that makes appropriate health information available as needed to authorized users with the assurance of confidentiality safeguards. The goal of the ADA SCDI is to help dentists streamline and empower their practices through the use of information technology. The SCDI develops standards for choosing the hardware, software, and digital imaging solutions to create a fully computerized practice. As chairman of the ADA SCDI from 1999-2006, Dr. Ahlstrom brought together dental informatics experts from across the dental profession, leading the group’s successful efforts to develop standards for information exchange, clinical informatics systems, and knowledge management. Dr. Ahlstrom led the achievement of results such as specific criteria for the exchange of clinical dental data used in patient treatment throughout the health-care system. Please visit ADA.org/dentalstandards to apply for the award and for more information about the ADA Standards Programs. For more information bout the American Dental Association, visit their website.