Dental Business: Page 391

HIPAA concerns drive cloud-based data sharing

By Kathy Kincade

Do you use Dropbox, YouSendIt, or email to send images and other patient data to your lab or colleagues? If so, you might want to rethink the practice, given the growing emphasis on HIPAA compliance and patient privacy. Maybe it's time to try "the cloud."

January 29, 2013

FDA moves to reclassify blade implants

By Rob Goszkowski

The arrival of the Brånemark implant method in the U.S. in the 1980s resulted in a significant decline in the placement of blade-form implants. Could a reclassification of these implants by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lead to a resurgence in their use?

January 28, 2013

Delta Dental donates $2M to Univ. of Arkansas clinic

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will receive $2 million in funding for the expansion of its Oral Health Clinic in Little Rock from the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation, the university announced.

January 28, 2013

1-800-DENTIST white paper addresses website flaws

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

1-800-DENTIST has released a new white paper, entitled "13 Warning Signs Your Website Needs Help."

January 28, 2013

ADA urges pediatric dental coverage to stay in ACA

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

In response to recent calls by business groups and insurers for the U.S. government to trim the essential benefits -- including dental benefits -- that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires insurers to offer, the ADA is urging lawmakers to "stay the course" when it comes to pediatric dental care.

January 28, 2013

Health Net awarded Medi-Cal dental contracts

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The California Department of Health Care Services has awarded Health Net of California, a subsidiary of Health Net, five-year contracts to continue providing Medi-Cal managed care dental benefits in Los Angeles and Sacramento counties.

January 28, 2013

Standardizing the financial reporting of dental practices

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Consultant Thomas Climo, PhD, has long lamented the dearth of standardization when it comes to financial reporting of dental practices. In a new white paper, he outlines how it could be done and why this change is important for the dental industry.

January 28, 2013

Ore. legislation addresses oral health in ACA

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Oregon legislators have introduced three new pieces of legislation related to dental provisions in the impending Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the integration of coordinated care organizations and dental care organizations.

January 27, 2013

Calif. to declare BPA a reproductive hazard

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

California officials are on track to declare bisphenol A (BPA) a reproductive hazard, potentially harmful to fetuses and infants.

January 27, 2013

Dos and don'ts for team training

By Dr. Roger P. Levin

A great team isn't hired -- it's created. Individuals who are excellent team members now didn't necessarily enter your practice that way. Talent needs to be cultivated. When you methodically build a high-performance team, you are helping to ensure long-term practice success.

January 27, 2013

UNEP, IADR, WHO hash out dental amalgam's future

By Rob Goszkowski

International health and research groups are hard at work trying to craft solutions to the need for better dental restorative materials as global efforts to phase down or outright ban the use of mercury -- and with it dental amalgam -- move forward.

January 27, 2013

Study: Patients don't like decision-making software

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Increased use of computerized clinical decision-support systems in conjunction with electronic health records leads to greater patient dissatisfaction and could increase noncompliance with preventive care and treatment recommendations, according to a study in Medical Decision Making.

January 24, 2013

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