An Assessment of Participant ‐Described Interprofessional Oral Health Referral Systems Across Rurality

ConclusionsThe importance of IPP continues to be promoted in the current health care environment. Our study demonstrates that, in this motivated study population, M2D referrals can work well, even in rural areas. Organization type, directionality of referral, broken appointment rates, and electronic health information management were all found to significantly impact the respondents’ rating on the dependability of an M2D referral process.

Source: The Journal of Rural Health - September 15, 2017 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sean G. Boynes, Abigail Lauer, Mark Deutchman, Amy B. Martin Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research