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Improving access to healthcare and enhancing health promotion and disease prevention are major priorities for the well-being of the public and a central focus of current federal health initiatives. Furthermore, as recognized by the U.S. Surgeon General in 2000, evidence surrounding the critical importance of the oral-systemic connection is mounting. The unique partnership of the New York University (NYU) Colleges of Dentistry and Nursing provides an opportunity to put into operation a vision of how to increase access to primary healthcare and proactively address oral-systemic issues through an innovative NP-Managed Faculty Practice Model. The following article describes the evolution of the model, which has been guided by evidence-based research and federal legislation urging new paradigms of healthcare delivery.

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