Tactical emergency medical personnel direct triage and resource allocation and administer immediate interventions.

When police officers and clinicians perceive a moral transgression committed by an agent responding to risk in the field, they are susceptible to moral injury.

COVID-19 teaches us how to design a unified health care system that transcends historical precedent.

Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General.

Division between medical and dental care exacerbates health inequity and forces many with compromised access to seek oral health care in emergency departments.

It’s obvious that our mouths are part of our bodies. Yet in health care today, it’s hard to imagine any other body part so wholly neglected.

Some patients who need general medical care before a dental intervention can suffer increased risk for poor outcomes if they have compromised access to care.

Despite availability of good national oral health curricula for medical trainees, most physicians are ill-equipped to identify oral cancers or avoid unnecessary referrals.

In March and April 2020, more than 90% of dental practices were closed entirely or seeing emergency patients only.

Five lessons from the patient-centered medical home could help motivate infrastructure investment, care innovation, and payment reforms critical to achieving equity.