The global symposium, Integrating Health Systems: Policies and Programs That Work, was held on March 27 and 28, 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts. The two-day event brought together academics and health leaders from all over the world to advance and discuss innovative ideas around the integration of oral health and primary care — a core academic mission of the Initiative to Integrate Oral Health and Medicine at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. The Symposium showcased innovative examples from around the globe that integrate dental care with primary and chronic care, in ways that improve equity, health outcomes and cost effectiveness. It concluded with a call to action for stakeholders to mobilize and transform local, national and global policies for holistic and universal health care access.
Read more about the event in the Annals of Global Medicine, The Political Environment of Global Oral Health: Now is the Moment to Improve Equity.
SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM (pdf)
DAY ONE (March 27, 2023 Recording)
DAY TWO (March 28, 2023 Recording)
*Note: María del Rocío Sáenz-Madrigal, MD, MPH, Former Executive President, Costa Rican Social Security; Former Minister of Health Costa Rica was unable to be in attendance. View her presentation, A Health System Based on Equity here.
We asked some of our esteemed speakers "What does integration in healthcare mean to you?" during our Crimson Carpet interviews.
Posters were presented on Day One by the following participants
This symposium was a scientific collaboration between:
Supported by: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health and United Concordia