System-Based Intervention for Medical Providers to Improve Dental Attendance in Adult Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There are minimal evidence-based outcomes from clinical trials for medical-dental integration. This formative work and pilot study is a precursor to a larger cluster-randomized clinical trial in adult primary care practices to test an electronic health record (EHR) structured workflow for primary care providers (physicians/nurse practitioners [NPs]) and medical staff (medical assistants [MAs] and nurses) with oral health (OH) screening and referral for Medicaid-enrolled adults ≥55 years.

Methods

This study was conducted in 2 practices with providers, medical staff, and older adults. Focus groups preceded the pilot study to gain stakeholder insights prior to the multilevel interventions of systems changes and provider education. The system-level EHR changes for m

SUBMITTER: Bales GC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC13648000 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature