Increasing Dental Varnish Rates in a Large Pediatric Care Network: A Quality Improvement Effort
A system-wide, EHR-enabled QI intervention significantly improved dental varnish application for all children, regardless of insurance type or race and ethnicity. This approach may serve as a scalable model for integrating dental varnish into pediatric primary care.
Authors
- Stephanie Gilbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7610-0628)
- Lisa Biggs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2968-6662)
- Elena Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4727-344X)
- Tony L. Doherty
- Gabrielle DiFiore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9799-239X)
- Brian P. Jenssen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6082-4931)
- Gregory Lawton
- Steve Callum
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2025-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-069877
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00