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Enhancing Healthcare Integration at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital: A Collaborative Approach

Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital has made significant strides in healthcare integration through innovative strategies, enhancing patient care in children and families. Key initiatives include the semi-merged enrollment form, embedded oral health screenings during physical exams, and fluoride varnish application for children aged 7 and under. The dental team supports healthy lifestyle messaging while bridging electronic medical records for improved accessibility. Despite challenges like buy-in from the School-Based Health Center team, strategies include inclusive committee participation and a unified dental health record system.

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Enhancing Healthcare Integration at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital: A Collaborative Approach

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  1. Mary ImogeneBassettHospitalJane Hamilton, R.N.Manager, School Based HealthBassett Health Care NetworkCooperstown, NY

  2. Successful Integration Efforts • Semi-mergedenrollmentform. • Somatichealthprofessionalsembedded oral healthscreeningsintocomprehesivephysical exams. • Somatichealth team (APC or LPN) providedfluoride varnish application for childrenages 7 and under. One of the organizational PI measures examines fluoridevarnish application. • Dental team isfullysupporting and is sharing the healthylifestyle messages of 5210 with all patients. • EMR and DHR are bridged. • Dental staff have access to EMR. • Dental records scannedintomedical record.

  3. Challenges to Integration • 100% buy-in of SBHC team—lacking true physician champion—essential. • Trueintegration of EMR and DHR.

  4. Strategies Used to Address Challenges • Dental staff nowincluded on all SBHC teams/committees, medicaldirectorparticipates in organizational dental retreat. • Little progress—workarounds—anticipate change once all dental practices in organization are using the same DHR.

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