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2009 Focus Group #1: Defining Quality in Oral Health Care

January 22-23, 2009 - Tampa, Florida (Grand Hyatt)

As part of our collaborative research related to our 2009 theme on Defining Quality in Oral Health Care, in January the Institute for Oral Health hosted the first of two focus groups with leading authorities to identify critical issues in dental care quality and important trends impacting access, delivery and treatment protocols.

Focus Group #1 discussion centered on the following issues:

Quality Care – A Payer’s Perspective (Delta Dental)
Using Outcomes in Oral Health Quality Assessment
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Perspective on Quality
Data Models for Measuring & Improving Quality

Panel of Experts

Led by IOH Executive Director, Dr. Ron Inge, the forum discussion included:

Jim Bader, DDS, MPH
Research Professor, Operative Dentistry, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry

Robert Compton, DDS
Chief Dental Officer, Delta Dental of Massechusetts

Conan Davis, DMD, MPH
Chief Dental Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Amanda Twiss
President, Outcome Concepts Systems, Inc. (Benchmarking Data and Solutions for Healthcare)



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	"The purpose of collecting data is to actually see what dentists do when they say a patient is high risk, and what services they provide. We can then build plans that match what providers are doing –and hopefully help support better outcomes." – Dr. Ron Inge IOH Executive Director



	"Research shows that standardized patient satisfaction data is of particular interest to dentists as they see it as a tool for building their own practices." – Amanda Twiss Outcome Concepts Systems



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