Chicago Department of Public Health

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Chicago Department of Public Health

• School Based Oral Health Program
• The Past, The Present and The Future

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School Based Oral Health

• Program Initiative
• Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) established
  between Chicago Department of Public Health
  (CDPH) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS)
• Request for Proposal (RFP) to establish contract
  between Private Enterprise Dentists and CDPH

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School Based Oral Health

• PROGRAM START UP
• March 2000
• Started with 5 schools providing oral health
  services for approximately 600 students
• Target Grades 2nd 6th
• Progressive incremental increases over the next
  several years

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School Based Oral Health

• School Program Design -2007
• School Packets
• 20 22 Packets developed
• 25 30 schools per Packet
• 15,000 17,000 students per Packet
• Equitable Assignment

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School Based Oral Health

• Program Protocol
• 320,000 students eligible
• 2006 2007
• Pre K, Kindergarten, 2nd, 3rd, 6th 8th
• 400,000 students eligible
• 2007 2009
• All pre-high school students

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School Based Oral Health

• Treatment Provided
• 2005-2006 (K, 2nd, 6th)
• Contracted Providers 8
• Schools 353
• Students Seen (approx) 22,478
• Sealants Placed (approx) 96,328

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School Based Oral Health

• 2006-2007 (2/01/2007 to 6/30/2007)
• Contracted Providers 8
• Schools 554
• Students Seen (approx) 29,690
• Sealants Placed (approx) 89,070

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School Based Oral Health

• 2007-2009 (10/1/2007 to 8/31/2009)
• Contracted Providers 10
• Schools 600
• Students Seen ???
• Sealants Placed ???

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School Based Oral Health

• Schools
• Approximately 600 schools
• Small Schools
• Charter schools
• Elementary Schools
• Middle Schools
• Year Round School
• Magnet Schools

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School Based Oral Health

• Free Reduced Lunch Children Seen
• Thirty Student Minimum / School
• Positive Consent Required
• Consent distributed by CPS at initiation of
  school year
• Oral Heath Providers establish consent count and
  redistribute consents as needed

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School Based Oral Health

• Portable Dental Units Utilized
• Patient Education
• Chair-side
• CDPH / CPS / IPHA collaboration on Oral Health
  Education Program

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School Based Oral Health

• Referrals
• Providers given to students in need by zip code.
  187 providers are currently on the program list
• Computer generated- rotation
• Referral Letter delivered to school for
  distribution (HIPAA Compliant)

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School Based Oral Health

• QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA)
• All contracted CDPH / CPS Oral Health Providers
  are subject to monitoring, evaluation and student
  sealant retention checks
• CDPH, CPS and the Contractor will receive a
  report for each evaluated school.

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School Based Oral Health

• QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA)
• Retention checks will be
•  Conducted on a percentage of randomly selected
  schools of each dental contractor/practitioner (3
  Checks per)
• A retention check will be given to 8-10 students,
  of the selected schools sealant population (
  Averaged)

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School Based Oral Health

• Electronic Dental Record/Data Collection
• Able to Scan
• Dental Patient Record
• Dental Consent
• HIPPA Authorization
• IDPH State Dental Reporting Form

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School Based Oral Health

• CDPH Staff
• Oral Health Director
• Program Director
• Public Health Administrator
• Data Entry Operator
• Dentist (1)
• Dental Assistant (2) expanded function

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School Based Oral Health

• Administration Fee
• Initiated 2007 2009 RFQ / Professional Service
  Agreement
• Based on Cost of Program Delivery and Management
• Attached to individual Packets

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School Based Oral Health

• Income
• Fee for Service Rates
• HFS Rates
• Exam 28
• Prophylaxis 41
• Fluoride 26
• Sealants / Tooth 36

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School Based Oral Health

• FORMS English - Spanish
• Consent
• HIPPA Compliance
• Student Walk Out Letter
• Sealant Information Letter
• State Reporting Form
• Student Referral Letter

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School Based Oral Health

• Mary Pat Burgess RDH, MBA,CDHC
• 4314 So. Cottage Grove Avenue
• Room 204
• Chicago, Illinois 60653
• 312.747.8304 (o)
• 312.747.8305 (f)
• burgess_marypat_at_cdph.org

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School Based Oral Health

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