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Evaluation of Changes in Health Outcomes of Patients seen in a Telehealth Enabled Dental Delivery System


Monday, November 2, 2015

Maysa Namakian, MPH, Department of Dental Practice, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA
Paul Glassman, DDS, MA, MBA, Pacific Center for Special Care, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA
Maureen Harrington, MPH, Pacific Center for Special Care, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA
The Pacific Center for Special Care at the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry developed a telehealth-enabled dental delivery system called the Virtual Dental Home.  This system reaches underserved populations by bringing services on-site to where patients live, play, or work.  Over the last five years, more than 2,500 patients in California have received dental care through the Virtual Dental Home.  The goals of the Virtual Dental Home system is to reach people who do not traditionally get dental care and to achieve the triple aim in oral health care - improve the experiences of receiving oral health care, improve the oral health of the population, and do this at a lower cost per capita.

This session will describe the methodology used to collect and evaluate the changes in patient health outcomes.  It will also present data on improvement in the oral health of the populations that have participated in this system and the economics of providing care using this system.

Learning Areas:

Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Describe a telehealth connected dental delivery system List the health outcomes data elements that were measured Describe the methodology to evaluate the health outcomes of patients seen in a telehealth enabled dental delivery system Explain how patients’ health outcomes changed in a telehealth enabled dental delivery system

Keyword(s): Oral Health, Evaluation

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have over 6 years of experience in developing and evaluating the Virtual Dental Home.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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