Partnering for Integrated Care: A Learning Collaborative for Primary Care and Oral Health Teams

ABSTRACT:

PURPOSE

The Teaming and Integrating for Smiles and Health (TISH) Learning Collaborative was developed to help health care organizations accelerate progress in integrating delivery of oral and primary care. By providing expert support and a structure for testing change, the project aimed to improve the early detection of hypertension in the dental setting and of gingivitis in the primary care setting, and to increase the rate of bidirectional referrals between oral and primary care partners. We report its outcomes.

METHODS

A total of 17 primary and oral health care teams were recruited to participate in biweekly virtual calls over 3 months. Participants tested changes to their models of care through Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles between calls. Sites tracked the percentages of p

SUBMITTER: Cardenas K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9970677 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature