Integrating Oral Health and Primary Care: Federal Initiatives to Drive Systems Change.
This article describes federal programs, initiatives, and partnerships that have the demonstrated potential to initiate and institutionalize interprofessional practice that includes oral health providers as integral to the provider team. A discussion of landmark documents and reports, the role of legislation and statutory authority, and the influence of federal program priorities towards a national movement to increase access to care to bridge the chasms between the medical health care system, dental delivery system, and oral health is presented.
US Public Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, USA. Electronic address: RJoskow@hrsa.gov.
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Dental education; Health literacy; Interprofessional relations; Medical education; Oral health; Patient-centered care; Primary health care; United States Health Resources and Services Administration