Dental Business: Page 395

Judge dismisses HIV discrimination lawsuit against dental chain

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed last year against Great Expressions Dental Centers by a former employee who claimed he was fired because he had HIV.

January 7, 2013

ADA launches Dental Symptom Checker

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The ADA has introduced the ADA Dental Symptom Checker on MouthHealthy.org to provide patients with accurate information about their oral health symptoms.

January 7, 2013

Darby Dental unveils new rewards guide

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Darby Dental Supply has unveiled the 14th edition of the Darby Rewards Guide, available now in print and online.

January 7, 2013

Emerging models in dentistry help new practitioners

By Benjamin Poest, DDS

Dental service organizations (DSOs) often get a bad rap. But this business model offers a number of professional and personal advantages for dental practitioners and their patients, according to a dentist who practices at a Texas office affiliated with a well-known DSO.

January 7, 2013

Study quantifies automated patient reminder impact

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Automated patient appointment reminders have a positive impact on practice production, according to a study conducted by Sesame Communications.

January 6, 2013

Study quantifies automated patient reminder impact

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Automated patient appointment reminders have a positive impact on practice production, according to a study conducted by Sesame Communications.

January 6, 2013

Fired dental assistant seeks rehearing

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A dental assistant in Iowa who was let go for being an "irresistible attraction" to her employer is seeking a rehearing after the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that she was not the victim of sex discrimination, according to the Des Moines Register.

January 6, 2013

EHR vendor buys Epocrates for $293M

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Electronic health record (EHR) provider athenahealth is acquiring Epocrates, which provides point-of-care clinical information to doctors via mobile devices, for $293 million.

January 6, 2013

Dental anesthesiologists get provider codes

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists has been assigned provider codes by the National Uniform Claim Committee.

January 6, 2013

Seattle clinic provides adult dental care to uninsured

By Donna Domino

A Seattle clinic has stepped in to fill the gap after Washington cut adult dental care from its Medicaid program. The Swedish Community Specialty Clinic is taking the pressure off hospital emergency rooms by extracting teeth before they become abscessed.

January 6, 2013

Dos and don'ts for increasing production fast

By Dr. Roger P. Levin

Every business needs to do more with what it already has. If there are fewer patients coming to a dental practice, then it will be incumbent upon that practice to identify and close more cases than in the past.

January 6, 2013

Docs copying and pasting data into EHRs

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

While electronic health records (EHRs) offer many advantages, some doctors are simply copying and pasting old, potentially out-of-date information into patients' EHRs, according to an article by Reuters Health.

January 3, 2013

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