3. Engage Dental Providers and Establish the Referral Process
Establishing care navigation to assure definitive dental care and prevent recidivism.
OVERVIEW
If we don’t address the cause of the pain and infection, the patient will be back and in pain again. Every community and health system has people and processes to help patients find care. Without this final step, pain and infection are prolonged, not cured.
VIDEO INTRODUCTION
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
The Importance and Role of Care Coordination Guidance on the importance of dental care coordination , and the specific duties of an individual/entity to take on this role
• Overview
Recruiting Dental Providers to Participate This provides information about potential dental providers in your community and also specific approaches to recruit private dentists
• Overview
• Example Letters for Dentist Recruitment
• WDPP Partner Acknowledgement Tools
See Tool 6: Maintain the WDPP Program / WDPP Partner Acknowledgement Tools
Dental Leaders Referral Parameters Tool Once a dentist/dental clinic has agreed to provide care to emergency department or urgent care center patients, this form can be used to collect details about referral parameters for each participating dental office.
Editable template (Excel spreadsheet)
Editable template (Google spreadsheet)
Setting Up Your Referral Mechanism
• Overview
• Referral Mechanism video
• WDPP Referral Mechanism and Referral Card
Examples
WDPP Referral Mechanism
Editable template (PowerPoint)
WDPP Referral Mechanism template.pptx
Editable template (Google slide)
WDPP Referral Card Editable template (Canva layout, business card size - make a copy to customize)
WDPP Dental Office Tracking Form for Dental Referrals Dental Office Tracking Form used to gather referral data for monitoring purposes
Editable template (Excel)
Editable template (Google spreadsheet)
Technical Assistance
For assistance pertaining to care coordination, contact the WDPP technical assistance provider Lisa Bullard-Cawthorne at lisabc369@gmail.com.