Integrated care pathways can benefit both dental professionals and their patients (Department of Health (DH), 2012). The standardising processes of care pathways have a proven track record of delivering quality improvements which, in turn, have been used by healthcare commissioners to monitor activity and health outcomes.
Although the care pathways concept emerged from NHS dental care commissioning requirements, the basic principles of quality and value of care these pathways aim to secure are equally as valuable in private practice. The aims of care pathways are set out in Box 1.
Care pathways are intended to:
Enable people to look after their bodies
Give information on dental health issues
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