Medical-Dental Integration: Projects I Believe InHugh Silk, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Professor, Dept of Family Medicine and Community HealthUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School

Christine Riedy, PhD, MPH (Lead PI); Russ Phillips, MD; Hugh Silk, MD, MPH (Co-PIs)

HRSA Cooperative Agreement: UH1HP29962

CIPCOH serves as a national resource for systems-level research on oral healthintegration into primary care training with special emphasis on trainingenhancements that will train primary care providers to deliver high quality, cost-effective, patient-centered care that promotes oral health, addresses oral healthdisparities and meets the unique needs of all communities.

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About Our Users:

From the First Tooth

www.QualisHealth.org/white-paper

up FV and applies

Medical Dental Integration:Transitions Practice-by-Practice,

Patient-by-Patient

Evaluation

MD/DOs Dentists

• Reps from:– ENT, Oncology, OB/GYN,

Geriatrics– Primary Care – Fam Med, Peds,

Medicine– Dentistry – MDS, HSDM,

Medicaid• Projects:

– updates of oral health for MDs– ED-Dental collaboration– State wide survey– Video and public messaging

State Level Collaboration

Creating National Interest