AHRQ Innovations Exchange

AHRQ Innovations Exchange

February 27, 2013 IssueDental Health Programs for Underserved Populations

This issue includes

Innovations:

• State Program Trains, Supports Medicaid Dental Providers To Serve Low-Income Children
• Free Oral Health Services for People With HIV/AIDS, the Homeless, the Uninsured
• Providers, Hospitals Partner To Bring Dental Care to Low-Income Pregnant Women

QualityTools:

• A Guide To Improving Children's Oral Health Care: Tools for the Head Start Community
• Give Kids a Smile Toolbox
• Smiles for Life: National Oral Health Curriculum for Primary Care Providers

Next issue: Alternative Care Settings To Reduce Hospital Admissions

Spotlight On...

New Perspective
How To Think About Evidence When Deciding Whether To Adopt an Innovation
by Brian S. Mittman, PhD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Kaiser Permanente Southern California; John Øvretveit, PhD, Karolinska Institute; Paul Plsek, MS, Paul E. Plsek & Associates; Susanne Salem-Schatz, ScD, HealthCare Quality Initiatives

Events & Podcasts

February 27 TweetChat
Join us on Twitter Wednesday, February 27, at 3 pm EST for our next Chat on Change: Supporting At-Risk LGBT and Homeless Youth, with Innovator Lara Brooks from the Broadway Youth Center in Chicago. Visit the Event page for more information about the TweetChat.

April 9 Web Event
Join the Innovations Exchange on Tuesday, April 9, from 1 to 2 pm EST for a free Web event titled Promoting the Spread of Health Care Innovations. For more information about this event and to register, visit the Event page.

Learn & Network

Get advice and ideas from experts and practitioners. Participate in discussions and learning networks.

• Taking Innovations to Scale
• Community Care Coordination at a Glance
• Honing Cultural and Linguistic Competence
• Linking Clinical Practices and Community Organizations To Improve Care
>> Join the discussion on the Clinical-Community Linkages Forum
• Paths to Healthy Weight

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Articles & Guides

Access resources for problem-solving and innovation adoption.

Trends in Cancer Screening: A Conversation With Two Cancer Researchers

Stephen Taplin, MD, MPH, Branch Chief, Process of Care Research Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences Behavioral Research Program, NCI

Durado Brooks, MD, MPH, Director of Prostate and Colorectal Cancers, American Cancer Society

Public- and Private-Sector Initiatives Are Reducing Health Disparities Among Children: A Conversation With Kathryn Santoro, MA, Director of Policy and Development for the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation

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