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NNOHA Publications and Documents |
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NNOHA's Practice Management Committee is developing a Health Center oral health program Operations Manual. Click on the links below to see the complete documents. Currently available chapters include:
Chapter 1: Health Center Fundamentals
Chapter 2: Leadership (coming soon in 2010)
Chapter 3: Financials (coming soon in 2010)
Chapter 4: Risk Management (coming soon in 2010)
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One of NNOHA’s main resources for keeping connected with our membership is the quarterlynewsletter. Click on the links below to review the most recent and previous issues:
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NNOHA’s Health Information Technology Committee put together an HIT White Paper. The paper includes an analysis of the different electronic dental records products currently available to Health Centers. It contains a wealth of information on the different requirements, both technical and operational, for a good electronic dental record product. It lists the various criteria that Dental Directors and their teams should look for when considering an electronic dental record (EDR) product, initial costs, and tips on how to write a Request for Proposal. The products are rated based on a list of criteria that the committee members felt important to the operations of a Health Center dental program. The costs to obtain each product including training and on-going support, the potential interface with other products, and the questions to ask when considering a Request for Proposal (RFP). There is also excellent information on digital radiography systems. Click here for a pdf of the document. |
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In December 2008, NNOHA coordinated a Prevention Summit for experts in the field to summarize the successful models available for prevention. Click here to read the summary paper from the summit. |
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The NNOHA Board has created an official position statement for the development of Healthy People 2020. The document contains a history of NNOHA, a summary of the importance of oral health, and proposed subject areas for inclusion in the development of HP2020, click here for more. |
As momentum for health care reform is building, it is vital that NNOHA members voice the importance of including oral health. Discussions about health care reform are taking place across the country. NNOHA has collected talking points to help emphasize the importance of oral health as part of overall health.
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Health care refom is moving forward. NNOHA has drafted a letter for you to use when talking to your representatives. Please copy the text, print it with your own letterhead, and mail it. (Updated 11/17/09)
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