3 dental, health system partnerships to know

Several dental organizations and health systems have collaborated on initiatives to increase access to care and integrate oral health services and medical care. 

Here are three recent partnerships to know:

1. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health will expand oral health services in New York through a strategic partnership with ProHEALTH Dental. 
2. High Point (N.C.) University Workman School of Dental Medicine partnered with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist High Point Medical Center to expand oral care for patients receiving radiation or chemotherapy cancer treatment. 
3. Pacific Dental Services and Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare formed a joint venture in December 2022. The DSO and the health system plan to open at least 25 co-located locations in the next five years, with PDS-supported dental offices inside select MemorialCare Medical Group health centers across California's Orange and Los Angeles counties.