Lessons from the Pandemic: What COVID-19 Is Teaching Us

COVID-19 has dramatically shifted the delivery of oral health care — from equity, to patient access, to technology, to payment models. Read the blog posts below to see what leaders are saying about the future of the industry.
 

What COVID-19 Is Teaching Us About Medical-Dental Integration The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed new opportunities for innovative solutions to integrate and coordinate care between medicine and dentistry. Two experts from the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement — Sean Boynes, vice president of health improvement, and Kelli Ohrenberger, director of interprofessional care — explore four lessons we’ve learned in the last six months. Read Full Blog Post »

What COVID-19 Is Teaching Us About Infection Prevention and Control It came as no surprise that a recent DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement provider survey revealed one overwhelming area of need: information and guidance on infection prevention and control. In this post, Julie Hawley, director of analytics and evaluation at the DentaQuest Partnership, and Kathy Eklund, director of occupational health & safety at The Forsyth Institute, examine the topic and share three lessons to keep patients and staff safe during the pandemic. Read Full Blog Post »

What COVID-19 Is Teaching Us About Health Equity People of color have long experienced significant differences in care access, treatment and quality, and COVID-19 is making these problems worse. Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan, president and CEO of the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement and Catalyst Institute, Inc., explores solutions that can help create a more equitable system in the future. Read Full Blog Post »

What COVID-19 Is Teaching Us About Teledentistry As teledentistry has soared during the pandemic, we’ve all learned about gaps in knowledge — among patients, providers, policymakers alike — and its potential to complement traditional dental care. Kirill Zaydenman, vice president, innovation for DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement, and Todd Cruse, president, DentaQuest Care Group, share several lessons the industry is learning during the pandemic.   Read Full Blog Post »

What COVID-19 Is Teaching Us About Employee Engagement COVID-19 has touched every U.S. industry, business and employee in multiple ways. Some are dealing with tragic losses. Many are experiencing significant financial consequences. Nearly all are coming up with new strategic plans to face an uncertain future. Through it all, business leaders are looking for new ways to keep employees connected and engaged. Roxanne Martinez, DentaQuest’s chief human resource officer, shares three lessons COVID-19 has taught us about employee engagement. Read Full Blog Post »

What COVID-19 Is Teaching Us About Value-Based Care COVID-19 has dramatically shifted the delivery of oral health care, and many of the changes we’ve experienced will make lasting impacts on the industry. In part one of a new series, Steve Pollock, DentaQuest president and CEO, and Rebekah Mathews, director of value-based care at the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement, lay out how the pandemic has accelerated the need to shift from volume to value.  Read Full Blog Post »