Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Better Medical/Dental Collaboration

CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, in collaboration with Dental Data Exchange Project recently developed and published the first implementation guide to help bridge the communication gap between primary care and oral health care. This publication—the HL7® CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: Dental Data Exchange, Release 1, STU 1 - US Realm—is designed to facilitate care coordination and create best practices for electronic exchange of patient data between dental and medical professionals. We spoke with Sean Boynes, DMD, CareQuest Institute for Oral Health’s vice president of health improvement about what’s in the implementation guide and the impact they hope it will have on patient care, and cooperation between medical and dental care providers