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Improving the Health and Well-Being of North Carolinians

Strengthening the Oral Health Safety Net Phase 2: Pregnant Women and Young Children. Improving the Health and Well-Being of North Carolinians. Agenda. Program Overview Objectives 3-Components Timeline bOHP Case Study How to Apply Q&A Contact Information. Need Addtional Photo.

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Improving the Health and Well-Being of North Carolinians

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  1. Strengthening the Oral Health Safety Net Phase 2: Pregnant Women and Young Children Improving the Health and Well-Being of North Carolinians

  2. Agenda • Program Overview • Objectives • 3-Components • Timeline • bOHP Case Study • How to Apply • Q&A • Contact Information Need Addtional Photo

  3. Objectives • Increase preventive oral health services for children 0-5 • Increase access to oral health care for pregnant women • Improve the financial sustainability of safety net dental clinics • Increase medical-dental collaboration to improve oral health

  4. Preventive Oral Health Networks Into the Mouths of Babes (fluoride varnish ) WIC Prenatal Care Primary Care Dental Care

  5. Program Overview

  6. Program Components • Practice Management • Assessment & Enhancement • Quality Improvement • Lean Methodology • Clinical Skills &Community Connections • bOHP & pOHP

  7. Timeline

  8. Operational Assessment Data assessment Site visit Findings presentation & recommendations Enhancement plan Follow up assistance and clinical consultation available as requested

  9. QI Approach to Change PROBLEM/GAP IDENTIFIED ASSESS CURRENT CONDITION DEFINE POSSIBLESOLUTIONS TEST & ADAPT SOLUTIONS IMPROVED & SUSTAINED OUTCOMES Quality Improvement Approach Adapted from: Jean Vukoson’s Bright Futures Presentation

  10. “bOHPing” and “pOHPing” • Baby Oral Health Program (bOHP) began in 2005 in response to medical and dental guidelines • -Increase providers’ comfort with seeing the youngest children • Prenatal Oral Health Program (pOHP) -moving prevention upstream (prenatal period) to improve children’s oral health -free resources/training: www.prenataloralhealth.org

  11. Baby Oral Health Program • Provider training video- knee to knee exam • Patient education flip chart- tablet friendly • Cavity progression • Feeding practices • Brushing Habits • Fluoride • Caregiver Interview Charting Tool bcbsncfoundation.org

  12. Piedmont Health - Quality Improvement Initiative: Baby Oral Health Program bcbsncfoundation.org

  13. Piedmont Health - Quality Improvement Initiative: you only know what you measure Total 2013 bcbsncfoundation.org

  14. Expected Outcomes • Improved financial sustainability • Improved staff and patient experience • Increased capacity for quality improvement activities • Improved access to oral health care • Improved oral health

  15. How to Apply • Online portal: www.bcbsncfoundation.org • Organizational Profile • Narrative Submission (Word document) • IRS tax determination letter confirming the organization’s status as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that is not a private foundation/letter if LHD. • Organizational leader and dental leader commitment • Optional letters of support • Online practice survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VFJZRWM • Submit all materials by February 3 - 5pm • Participant Notification the week of February 24

  16. Questions

  17. Contacts Katie Eyes Senior Program Officer BCBSNS Foundation Katie.eyes@bcbsncfoundation.org 919-735-4024 Marilyn Lewis Dental Operations Specialist Office of Rural Health and Community Care Marilyn.Lewis@dhhs.nc.gov 919-527-6464 Greg Randolph Director Center for Public Health Quality Greg.randolph@phquality.org 919-707-5011

  18. CPHQ Process Slide

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