PDS Health Technologies announced today a formal partnership with University of the Pacific (Pacific) to implement its dental-optimized instance of Epic, the nation’s preeminent electronic health record (EHR) system, across the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry and Pacific Health Care Collaborative. This collaboration marks a milestone in health sciences education: Pacific will become the first dental school in the nation to implement PDS Health Technologies’ specialized platform across dental, medical, and a future ambulatory surgical center, creating a more integrated model for clinical education and care.
PDS Health Technologies will deliver a unified platform across Pacific’s San Francisco and Sacramento campuses, bringing multiple care settings onto the same patient record. The result is a more integrated environment for patients, students, and clinicians, with stronger visibility across care settings and a more complete view of health information.
“This partnership reflects a shared belief that oral health must be more meaningfully integrated with overall health,” said Preston Raulerson, president of PDS Health Technologies. “By bringing medical, dental, and future surgical care settings onto the same patient record, University of the Pacific is advancing dental-medical integration in a way that strengthens both education and patient care. We are proud to support that vision with a proven instance of Epic optimized for dentistry and backed by real-world clinical and operational performance.”
Dr. Elisa Chávez, interim dean at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, said, “Integrating PDS Health Technologies’ instance of Epic into our clinical and academic environments across three distinct care settings is a transformative step. This implementation allows our students to practice true interdisciplinary care and prepares our graduates for a future where oral health is recognized as an indispensable component of primary care.”
At the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, the platform will help extend classroom instruction into the clinical setting in a more meaningful way. With access to more complete patient information and real-time interoperability, students and faculty will be better positioned to support interdisciplinary collaboration, strengthen referral coordination, and apply the principles of dental-medical integration in real clinical environments.
“This partnership allows us to modernize our clinical technology architecture around a single, interoperable EHR,” said Raybel Ramos, associate dean of information technology at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. “PDS Health Technologies’ dental-optimized Epic instance gives us the performance, security, and scalability needed to support complex academic and clinical workflows while ensuring that data flows seamlessly across care settings. It’s a critical step in building a future-ready digital ecosystem for our students and clinicians.”