Episode 71 - Conversation with Stephen Thorne | PDS Health

About this episode

Scott and Jinesh discuss the oral-systemic connection and medical-dental integration with Stephen Thorne, CEO of PDS Health.

Scott and Jinesh chat with Stephen Thorne, Founder and CEO of PDS Health. They discuss the oral-systemic connection and how PDS Health is paving the way for medical-dental integration. It takes a herculean effort to change how our healthcare and payer ecosystems think about oral health, and Steve shares some of the challenges he's tackling to push the profession forward. 1:33 Introducing Steve Thorne 3:13 Going all in on medical dental integration 12:09 The patient experience 15:50 Funneling patients across the medical-dental divide 20:46 Training the medical and dental teams 22:41 Dental 'insurance' 33:21 Epic EHR 47:52 Salivary diagnostics 53:20 Back in startup mode

People in this episode

Hosts: Scott Drucker, Jinesh Patel

Guest: Stephen Thorne

Topics covered

• oral-systemic connection
• medical-dental integration
• healthcare challenges
• patient experience
• salivary diagnostics

Keywords

• oral health
• medical dental integration
• patient experience
• healthcare ecosystem
• salivary diagnostics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PDS Health

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