The National Interprofessional Initiative on Oral Health (www.niioh.org) is a foundation-funded, multi-year effort to ensure that all patients have access to oral health services and referrals in the context of their primary care PCMH. As a systems change initiative, NIIOH provides backbone support to a consortium of funders, health professionals and national organizations focused on integrating oral health into primary care education and practice. NIIOH leverages a collective impact approach to engage and align oral health partners across the healthcare system to work together to create change.
NIIOH strategic activities are organized using three core strategies to:
Primary care clinicians including physicians, PAs, nurses, dental professionals, pharmacists, social workers, and community health workers are now working to embed oral health and interprofessional competencies into education and practice. The ultimate goal is to equip the health workforce for evolving integrated care models where oral health considered an essential component of whole person care.
The following resources, supported by the NIIOH, provide effective tools that are driving change across primary care health education and practice.
The activities of the National Interprofessional Initiative on Oral Health are made possible as a result of funding from The DentaQuest Foundation and the Arcora Foundation.
Maria Sulima, Membership Coordinator
membership@thepcc.org