Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Models in Chronic Disease Management.
Interprofessional collaboration in health has become essential to providing high-quality care, decreased costs, and improved outcomes. Patient-centered care requires synthesis of all the components of primary and specialty medicine to address patient needs. For individuals living with chronic diseases, this model is even more critical to obtain better health outcomes. Studies have shown shown that oral health and systemic disease are correlated as it relates to disease development and progression. Thus, inclusion of oral health in many of the existing and new collaborative models could result in better management of chronic illnesses and improve overall health outcomes.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine, 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37208, USA. Electronic address: jsoutherland@mmc.edu.
Janet H
JH
Southerland
Department of Dental Ecology, UNC School of Dentistry, 4506 Koury Oral Health Sciences Building, CB#7455, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Jennifer
J
Webster-Cyriaque
HASD/HIV Dental Program, Boston Public Health Commission, 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Helene
H
Bednarsh
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine, 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37208, USA.
Charles P
CP
Mouton
D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009909:Oral Health; D010348:Patient Care Team; D018802:Patient-Centered Care
Chronic disease; Cooperative behavior; Health care reform; Interprofessional relations; Mouth disease; Oral health; Patient-centered care; Primary health care