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DQA
DENTAL QUALITY ALLIANCE ™
Improving Oral Health Through Measurement
2019 DENTAL
QUALITY ALLIANCE
CONFERENCE
Pathway to Improvement
MAY 17-18, 2019
ADA HEADQUARTERS • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
2019 DENTAL QUALITY ALLIANCE CONFERENCE Pathway to Improvement
Table of Contents
Welcome and Conference Objectives 3
Agenda 4
Speaker Biographies 6
DQA: Mission, Objectives, Structure and Work 14
Networking Reception 16
Conference Sponsors 17
Notes 18
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TO THE 2019 DENTAL QUALITY
WELCOME ALLIANCE (DQA) CONFERENCE. 2019 DQA CONFERENCE
ORGANIZATING COMMITTEE
This Conference is designed to strengthen in-depth Christopher Bulnes, D.D.S.
understanding of the quality measurement infrastruc- General Practitioner, Chief Executive
Officer, Buckenheimer and Bulnes
ture within dentistry by canvassing on concrete
opportunities for system-wide improvement. Ashley Casey, B.S.N., M.P.H., M.B.A.
Co-Founder, Smiles 2 Go, LLC
Ronald Hunt, D.D.S., M.S.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
• Understand the narrative, critical elements and at the Midwestern University College
environmental conditions influencing the march of Dental Medicine – Arizona
to quality improvement and measurement Mark Koday, D.D.S.
Chair-Elect, Dental Quality Alliance
• Understand key components of quality improvement
of micro and macro system levels in dentistry Thomas Meyers, B.S.
Vice President, Product Policy
• Facilitate the conversation on fostering the culture
Department, America’s Health
of change
Insurance Plans
• E xplore strategies to influence, implement and
Allen Moffitt, D.M.D.
integrate change
Chair, Dental Quality Alliance
Jesley Ruff, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Senior Vice President, Chief Professional
Officer, American Dental Partners
Marie Schweinebraten, D.M.D.
Chair, DQA Education Committee
Linda Vidone, D.M.D.
Periodontist, Vice President and Senior
Dental Director, DentaQuest
Krishna Aravamudhan, B.D.S., M.S.
ADA/DQA
Diptee Ojha, B.D.S., M.B.A., Ph.D.
ADA/DQA
Marissa Sanders, M.P.H.
ADA/DQA
Lauren Kirk, B.A.
ADA/DQA
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AGENDA Friday, May 17
8-8:30 a.m. WELCOMING REMARKS:
Allen Moffitt, Chair, DQA
Marie Schweinebraten, Chair, DQA Education Committee
8:30-10 a.m. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
The Case for Patient Centered Measurement
Kathleen Blake, American Medical Association
Marko Vujicic, ADA Health Policy Institute
10-10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:15-11:15 a.m. PANEL PRESENTATION:
Patient Data Driven Measurement
Stacie Myers, International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement
Frederick Eichmiller, Delta Dental of Wisconsin
11:15 a.m.-Noon PRESENTATION:
Designing a QI Roadmap
Naomi Kuznets, Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care
Noon-1 p.m. LUNCH
1-2:30 p.m. WORKSHOP:
Change Packages for Improving Oral Health: A Hands on Session
to Improve Quality of Care
Jim Crall, University of California, Los Angeles
Jill Herndon, Key Analytics Consulting, Inc.
Marissa Sanders, Dental Quality Alliance
2:30-3 p.m. BREAK
3-4:30 p.m. ANEL PRESENTATION:
P
Systems Improvement
Jim Crall, University of California, Los Angeles
Andrea Palmer, J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation
Peter Damiano, University of Iowa Public Policy Center
4:30-5 p.m. SUMMARY AND WRAP UP:
Marie Schweinebraten, Chair, DQA Education Committee
5:30-6:30 p.m. NETWORKING RECEPTION
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AGENDA Saturday, May 18
8-8:15 a.m. CONFERENCE PROGRESS:
Marie Schweinebraten, Chair, DQA Education Committee
8:15-9:15 a.m. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Driving Towards an Improved Healthcare System
Michelle Schreiber, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
9:15-10:15 a.m. PRESENTATION:
Fostering a Culture for Change
John Toussaint, Catalysis, Inc.
10:15-10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m.-Noon PANEL PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION:
Celebrating Pioneers: Champions of Change
Dian Baker, California State University
An Nguyen, Clinica Family Health
Colleen Lampron, AFL Enterprises
Amit Acharya, Marshfield Clinic
Noon-1 p.m. LUNCH
1-2 p.m. PRESENTATION:
DQA’s Role in the Emerging Environment
Marissa Sanders, Dental Quality Alliance
2-3 p.m. PRESENTATION, SUMMARY AND WRAP UP:
Being an Improvement Ambassador & Putting Improvement to Work
Krishna Aravamudhan, Dental Quality Alliance
To request a full list of conference attendees and contact information, please email dqa@ada.org.
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
AMIT ACHARYA B.D.S, M.S., Ph.D. serves as a member on the advisory board of the
Executive Director National Center for Community Health Research
Marshfield Clinic and ADA’s Clinical Data Registry Initiative.
Research Institute
acharya.amit@
marshfieldresearch.org DIAN BAKER, Ph.D., A.P.R.N.-B.C.
Dr. Amit Acharya currently serves as the Executive Professor
Director of the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute California State University,
(MCRI) at Marshfield Clinic Health System (MCHS) Sacramento, School of Nursing
in Wisconsin. He subsequently serves as the Chief dibaker@csus.edu
Dental Informatics Officer (CDIO) of the Family Dr. Dian Baker, Ph.D., A.P.R.N.-B.C., is a professor at
Health Center (FHC) at MCHS. FHC is a federally the School of Nursing, California State University,
qualified health center and affiliate partner of Sacramento and clinical faculty at the University of
MCHS. Dr. Acharya has been a leading researcher California, Davis Medical School. Baker obtained
and is well-regarded throughout the U.S. on his her Ph.D. from University of Hawaii and completed
expertise in biomedical and dental informatics. a postdoctoral fellowship in healthcare leadership
As a general dental surgeon and a computer at the University of California, Davis. Her research
scientist with expertise in biomedical informatics, interests include health inequities and patient
his research focus has been around integration of safety. Baker also studies non-ventilator hospital-
medical and dental data, clinical and research acquired pneumonia and consults with hospital
information systems, architecture of electronic systems both the US and abroad on patient safety.
health records, clinical decision supports and Her recent publications on pneumonia prevention
investigating the oral-systemic disease relationship. have drawn interest from hospitals across the
Dr. Acharya has been instrumental in founding country and patient safety organizations. Baker
the Center for Oral and Systemic Health, one was the academic partner and researcher with
of the six research centers at the MCRI and the the Sutter Health System Team that was awarded
integration of MCHS’ electronic dental record the 2018 California Healthcare Quality Institute’s
with its propriety electronic medical record. Dr. C. Duane Dauner Quality Award for excellence in
Acharya has published over 100 scientific abstracts quality and safety.
and manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and
received multiple grant funding dedicated to
bridging the medical and dental divide. He has
also edited a book titled, ‘Integration of Medical
and Dental Care and Patient Data’ which is
published by Springer Nature. Dr. Acharya
has held several national leadership roles at
American Dental Education Association and
American Medical Informatics Association’s Dental
Informatics Group. He also served as the chairman
of the clinical informatics sub-committee of the
American Dental Associations’ (ADA) Standards
Committee for Dental Informatics and was the
ADA representative to the Health Level Seven in
2017. He has served on national HIT expert panels
coordinated by entities like Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology
and National Quality Forum. Dr. Acharya currently
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KATHLEEN BLAKE, M.D., M.P.H. masters and doctoral degrees in Health Policy and
Vice President, Healthcare Quality Management from the Harvard School of Public
American Medical Association Health. In 1997, Dr. Crall was appointed as the first
Kathleen.Blake@ama-assn.org Dental Scholar-in-Residence at the Agency for
Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), now
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Dr. Blake is Vice President, Healthcare Quality (AHRQ).
at the American Medical Association, where
she leads the payment and quality initiatives of Jim has served as a member of or consultant
the AMA’s Professional Satisfaction and Practice to numerous national organizations and has
Sustainability unit and is principal investigator authored or co-authored over 90 peer-reviewed
at AMA for the CMS’s Transforming Clinical publications and 40 chapters, commissioned works
Practice Initiative. From April 2013 until April 2016, (including the CMS Guide to Children’s Dental
she was executive director of the PCPI ®, which Care in Medicaid) and policy briefs. He has been
includes among its activities the National Quality principal investigator for grants and contracts
Registry Network™. A member of the Governing awarded by NIH, AHCPR/AHRQ, HRSA, state and
Committee of the National Evaluation System for local governments, and private foundations, with
health Technology (NEST) coordinating center, Dr. total funding of >$60 million. He is regarded as
Blake was also co-chair of the Health Information an expert on pediatric oral health, dental care
Technology Policy Committee of the Office of financing, performance assessment and Medicaid
the National Coordinator for Health Information issues, having twice testified at U.S. House of
Technology until April 2017 and co-chair of its Representatives hearings and as an expert witness
Quality Measures Task Force. At AMA, she chairs in federal court cases.
the Clinical Review Group of AMA’s Integrated
Dr. Crall was Director of the HRSA/MCHB National
Health Model Initiative (IHMI).
Oral Health Policy Center from 2000-2008, Project
Dr. Blake is a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist Director for the AAPD-Head Start Dental Home
who received her education and training from the Initiative from 2007-2010, and Project Director for
University of Chicago, Stanford University and the the UCLA-First 5 LA 21st Century Dental Homes
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Project (2012-2017) and Children’s Dental Care
From 1988 until 2011, Dr. Blake practiced at the New Program (2013-2018). He currently directs the UCLA
Mexico Heart Institute, where she also served as Medi-Cal 2020 Dental Transformation Initiative.
President. She is a part-time member of the Johns
Jim joined UCLA as Professor and Chair of Pediatric
Hopkins University medical faculty.
Dentistry in 2004, and was appointed as Chair of
the Division of Public Health & Community Dentistry
in 2011.
JAMES CRALL, D.D.S., M.S., S.C.D.
Chair, Division of Public Health
and Community Dentistry, UCLA
jcrall@dentistry.ucla.edu
Dr. James J. Crall received dental (D.D.S.) and
master’s degrees and a certificate in pediatric
dentistry from the University of Iowa, and is a
diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric
Dentistry (Board Certified). He was selected to
be a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Dental Health Services Research Scholar at
Harvard from 1984-86, and subsequently obtained
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Continued
PETER DAMIANO, D.D.S., M.P.H. FREDERICK EICHMILLER, D.D.S., M.S.
Director Vice-President & Science Officer
University of Iowa Delta Dental of Wisconsin
Public Policy Center FEichmiller@deltadentalwi.com
peter-damiano@uiowa.edu
Peter Damiano is the director of the University of Dr. Eichmiller is a graduate of the University
Iowa Public Policy Center and is a professor in of Minnesota with Degrees in Dentistry and
the UI Department of Preventive and Community Mechanical Engineering. He was in private
Dentistry. He is a 1986 graduate of the UI College of practice for five years and has had dental
Dentistry and received his M.P.H. from UCLA while teaching assignments at the University of
participating in the Robert Wood Johnson Dental Minnesota, the University of Texas San Antonio,
Health Services Research Scholars Program. He is a the University of Washington Seattle, Howard
health services researcher studying access to and University in Washington, D.C., and the Navy Dental
quality of primary care services, including dental School in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Eichmiller served for
care. He is conducting funded studies in the areas eight years as Chief Clinical Research Scientist
of health care reform, health insurance coverage, and twelve years as Managing Director of the
health disparities and health care for underserved American Dental Association Foundation’s Volpe
populations. He is the author of more than 200 Research Center, a dental research enterprise
journal articles and research monographs and operated by the American Dental Association’s
has been principal investigator on more than 75 Foundation. The center, located in Gaithersburg,
funded research studies. Through the Public Policy MD, engages in cooperative dental and medical
Center he regularly shares research findings with materials research with government scientists and
policymakers and the public through talks and others, helping to develop standards, treatments,
symposia to help them understand the nuances instruments and materials used by dentists
of challenging policy issues. He continues to be nationwide. In that role Dr. Eichmiller brought many
clinically active, providing dental services to professional and consumer dental products to the
patients in the UI’s Faculty Group Practice. market through technology transfer programs with
private industry. Dr. Eichmiller joined Delta Dental
of Wisconsin in 2006, currently serving as Vice
President and Science Officer, where he manages
research and investments in the areas of dental
informatics and biotechnology. He has published
an array of academic papers, book chapters
and thirteen patents reflecting research on dental
restorative materials, therapeutics and other topics.
He serves on numerous panels and committees for
the National Institutes of Health, the International
Standards Organization, and the American
National Standards Institute. Dr. Eichmiller serves on
the editorial review panels for the Journal of the
American Dental Association, The Journal of Dental
Research, Operative Dentistry, The American
Journal of Dentistry, The Journal of Dentistry, The
Journal of Public Health Dentistry and The Journal
of Biomedical Materials Research.
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Continued
JILL HERNDON, Ph.D. NAOMI KUZNETS, Ph.D.
Managing Member Vice President
and Principal Consultant Accreditation Association
Key Analytics and Consulting, LLC for Ambulatory Health Care
jill.herndon@keyanalyticsconsulting.com (AAAHC)
nkuznets@aaahc.org
Dr. Herndon is a managing member and principal
consultant with Key Analytics and Consulting. Dr. Kuznets is a Vice President at the Accreditation
She is an economist with more than 20 years Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).
of experience in research, policy analysis, At the AAAHC, she develops, implements, and
program evaluation, project management, and reports on ambulatory clinical benchmarking
education. She has worked with non-profit and studies. She also develops ambulatory patient
for-profit organizations, government agencies, safety toolkits and quality improvement (QI)
and academic institutions. Recent applications educational materials. Dr. Kuznets analyzes and
of her expertise have focused on measuring reports on accreditation survey data and reviews
and evaluating oral health care delivery system accreditation standards. Additionally, she provides
performance. Dr. Herndon’s technical experience professional ambulatory expertise for national
includes study design, survey research, analyses healthcare quality, performance measurement,
of large administrative datasets, Delphi consensus and patient safety activities. Prior to her work at
processes, and healthcare quality measurement. the AAAHC, Dr. Kuznets worked for the American
She led the testing efforts for the initial Dental Medical Association, in the practice parameters
Quality Alliance oral health care quality (guidelines) area. She has a doctorate in Education
measurement sets to establish measure feasibility, and Social Policy from Northwestern University.
reliability, and validity; served as principal
investigator on NIH-funded research; and led
policy and external quality review evaluations for
the State of Florida’s Children’s Health Insurance
Program. Dr. Herndon is an elected member of the
Society of Pediatric Research. She’s successfully
secured grant funding from federal, state and
private agencies; authored and co-authored more
than 100 journal articles and technical reports; and
delivered more than 100 presentations for a wide
range of audiences.
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Continued
COLLEEN LAMPRON, M.P.H. STACIE N. MYERS, B.S.
Owner Senior Manager of Outcomes,
AFL Enterprises, LLC Analytics and Benchmarking/
colleenlampron@afl-enterprises.com International Consortium for Health
Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM)
s.myers@ichom.org
Colleen Lampron is the President of AFL Consulting
and focuses her work on planning programs and Stacie Myers is a Senior Manager of Outcomes,
initiatives that promote access to high quality, Analytics and Benchmarking based out of the
evidence-based dental services for underserved International Consortium for Health Outcomes
populations. Measurement’s (ICHOM) Boston office. Within this
role she collaborates closely with internationally
Among her achievements in her 22-year career based, leading clinical experts and patient
dedicated to oral health, Colleen was the lead representatives to drive the development and
consultant for the design, and implementation global adoption of Standard Sets of outcome
of the Cavity Free at Three initiative in Colorado; measurements for both population- and condition-
she served as Co-Chair of the Institute for Health specific projects.
Care Improvement, Health Disparities Oral Health
Collaborative Pilot, the first national Collaborative Stacie’s career interests have focused on efforts
to address dental disease prevention; served to increase the value of healthcare delivery by
as Senior Program Officer at Delta Dental of improving patient outcomes, supporting provider-
Colorado Foundation, and was the founding led quality improvement activities and increasing
Executive Director of the National Network for Oral cost efficiency. She has an extensive background
Health Access, working with community health in research study coordination, outcome metric
centers to build a national organization of safety development, design of sustainable infrastructures
net dental programs to improve access to high for data collection and provider performance
quality dental care. feedback reporting, high-quality data
management, and implementation of large-scale
Ms. Lampron is trained as an Institute for quality-improvement projects.
Healthcare Improvement Breakthrough Series
Collaborative Director and Quality Improvement
Coach and has led several initiatives to integrate
quality improvement and innovation strategies in
health centers nationwide. She holds a Master’s
degree in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins
University School of Hygiene and Public Health and
a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from West
Chester University in Pennsylvania.
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AN NGUYEN, D.D.S., M.P.H. ANDREA PALMER, M.P.A.
Vice-President of Dental Services Program Manager
Clinica Family Health JB and MK Pritzker Family
anguyen@clinica.org Foundation
apalmer@pritzkerfoundation.org
An Nguyen, D.D.S., M.P.H. is a public health dentist, Andrea Palmer, a Program Manager at the JB and
wife, mom, and a systems thinker in all aspects of MK Pritzker Family Foundation (PFF), is a member of
her life. With deep, personal roots in vulnerable the Center for Oral Health Systems Integration and
communities, she is an advocate for person- Improvement, (COHSII) Quality Indicator Advisory
centered, transformative solutions that improve the Team (QIAT). Prior to accepting the position at
lives of underserved people. She is a graduate of PFF, Mrs. Palmer was Director of Illinois’ Maternal
Rhodes College, where she obtained a Bachelor’s and Child Health (MCH) Services (Title V) Block
of Science in Biology, Saint Louis University, where Grant. While in that position Andrea managed
she received a Master’s in Public Health focusing in the ongoing assessment of the preventive and
community health, behavioral science, and health primary healthcare needs of the State’s mothers,
education, the University of Tennessee, College of infants and children, including those with special
Dentistry, and the Health Care Executive Program health care needs. She facilitated and managed
at the University of California at Los Angeles’ the establishment of the State’s priorities for the
Anderson School of Graduate Management. maternal and child health (MCH) population
She currently serves as Vice-President of Dental and the selection of National Performance
Services at Clinica Family Health, a large Measures (NPM). Through coordination and
federally qualified health center and a nationally collaboration with stakeholders, inside and outside
recognized leader in health quality and health of State Government, Mrs. Palmer identified and
equity, serves on multiple state and national implemented evidence-based strategies to
health-related boards, and is a frequent advisor for achieve the NPMs and performance outcomes of
dental quality and chronic disease management the Title V Block grant.
initiatives and the development of public policy to
Mrs. Palmer has Master Degrees in Public
improve population health.
Administration and Business Administration from
the Keller Graduate School of Management
and a Graduate Certificate in Health Services
Management. Prior her recent retirement, she held
progressively responsible leadership position within
the State of Illinois for nearly 35 years.
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MICHELLE SCHREIBER, M.D. JOHN TOUSSAINT, M.D.
Director Chairman
Quality Measurement and Value- Catalysis, Inc.
Based Incentives Group, CMS jtoussaint@createvalue.org
michelle.schreiber@cms.hhs.gov
Michelle Schreiber, M.D. is the Director for the John is one of the foremost figures in the adoption
Quality Measurement and Value-Based Incentives of lean principles in healthcare. Under his
Group. She oversees a $300 million budget and leadership, Catalysis has launched peer-to-peer
leads the quality and value-based purchasing learning networks, developed in-depth workshops,
programs across care settings for the group. Dr. and created many products – including books,
Schreiber is a general internal medicine physician DVDs and webinars. Catalysis sponsors the Lean
with over 25 years of health care experience. Healthcare Transformation Summit each year
Most recently, she was the Senior Vice President – both in the U.S. and in Europe. The Catalysis
and Chief Quality Officer of the Malcom Baldrige team has built C-suite coaching capability and
award winning Henry Ford Health System partners with many organizations throughout the
(HFHS) in Detroit, Michigan. Prior roles at HFHS world advancing the idea of healthcare value
included the SVP of Clinical Transformation and through delivery redesign using lean, transparency
IT Integration, where she was the clinical lead of of healthcare performance data, and payment
the system Epic implementation, the associate reform.
chief medical officer of Henry Ford Hospital for
quality and utilization management, and the He was the founding chair of the Wisconsin
Division Head of General Internal Medicine. She Collaborative for Healthcare Quality and of the
has also held senior leadership roles at the Detroit Wisconsin Health Information Organization, as well
Medical Center, where she was the Chief Quality as the non-executive leader of the Partnership
Officer, and with Trinity Health System where she for Healthcare Payment Reform in Wisconsin. He
was the national system Chief Medical Officer, has participated in many Institute of Medicine
and acting interim Chief Medical Information subcommittees and has directly worked with CMS
Officer. In addition to her health system roles, Dr. leaders to broaden their understanding of lean for
Schreiber served on numerous quality committees government.
including Michigan Hospital Association statewide
Dr. Toussaint has been recognized for his work in
quality committee, and Board of Directors
transforming healthcare by organizations such as
for the MHA Keystone Center and the Patient
The Business Healthcare Group of Wisconsin, which
Safety Organization, the Board of Directors of
awarded him the “Driving Meaningful Change”
MPRO (Michigan Peer Review Organization – the
award in 2014, The Association of Manufacturing
Michigan QIO), the National Quality Forum Patient
Excellence (AME), which inducted him into its 2012
Safety Metrics Committee, and the National
Hall of Fame, and the Jon M. Huntsman School
Quality Partners. She has worked closely with the
of Business at Utah State University, which hosts
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) including
the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence. Dr.
as part of its Leadership Alliance, the Pursuing
Toussaint was named a lifetime member of the
Equity initiative, and an initiative to enhance
Shingo Academy in 2011. Wisconsin Governor Jim
Board of Trustees engagement in quality through
Doyle also honored Dr. Toussaint with a Certificate
a partnership with IHI and National Patient Safety
of Commendation for Innovation from the State of
Foundation. Dr. Schreiber has also served as a
Wisconsin in 2005.
member of the Epic Safety Forum, and the Cerner
Academic Advisory Group.
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MARKO VUJICIC, Ph.D.
Chief Economist and Vice President
ADA Health Policy Institute
vujicicm@ada.org
Dr. Marko Vujicic is responsible for
overseeing all of the Association’s policy research
activities. Prior to joining the American Dental
Association in 2011, he was Senior Economist
with The World Bank in Washington, D.C. where
he directed the global health workforce policy
program. He was also a Health Economist with the
World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
He is a visiting assistant professor at Tufts University
in Boston. Dr. Vujicic obtained his Ph.D. in
Economics from the University of British Columbia
and a Bachelor’s degree in Business from McGill
University in Montreal.
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MISSION
THE MISSION OF THE DQA IS TO ADVANCE OBJECTIVES
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AS A • To identify and develop evidence-based
MEANS TO IMPROVE ORAL HEALTH, oral health care performance measures and
PATIENT CARE, AND SAFETY THROUGH measurement resources.
A CONSENSUS-BUILDING PROCESS. • To advance the effectiveness and scientific
basis of clinical performance measurement and
improvement.
• To foster and support professional accountability,
transparency, and value in oral health care
DQA through the development, implementation and
DENTAL QUALITY ALLIANCE ™ evaluation of performance measurement.
Improving Oral Health Through Measurement
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STRUCTURE & WORK
PUBLIC PROVIDERS
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In Dentistry: A Guidebook
Education
Quality Measurement
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IHI Open School Course:
Model for Improvement
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