DQA Improvement Resources
The DQA is committed to participating in and designing initiatives that support system-wide improvement within oral health. The information below highlights some of the resources and initiatives that the DQA has developed to champion quality improvement in oral health.
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Center for Oral Health Systems Integration and Improvement
The DQA is participating in this collaborative effort to improve existing systems of care in support of a quality improvement, patient-centered approach that addresses comprehensive oral health care of maternal and child health populations. The DQA is responsible for goal 2 of the project – establish a set of MCH oral health quality indicators to monitor services delivered in public health programs and systems of care. A quality indicator advisory taskforce was selected by the DQA to assist in this effort by guiding the work required to achieve goal 2. This four year cooperative agreement is funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Following are the DQA-led deliverables and accomplishments for the COHSII project thus far:
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Medicaid Quality Improvement Learning Academy
The DQA has also launched a state-level learning collaborative model to further promote system-wide improvement. This pilot brings together key stakeholders in oral health and is designed to impact system-level improvement at the state-level for Medicaid beneficiaries. Participating state include: Kansas, Missouri, and Ohio.
For additional information on this learning collaborative, please access the resources below. The DQA MeQILA project team can also be contacted at DQA@ada.org.
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Quality Innovator Spotlights
To support system-wide improvement, the DQA has conducted an environmental scan to identify projects that could be used as exemplars of quality improvement. The projects highlighted through the Quality Innovators Spotlight series are shown sorted by Program, Plan or Practice/Community level improvement below.
Program Level Improvement
Plan Level Improvement
Practice/Community Level Improvement