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Dental Software Tip: Dentrix

Jamie King

Jamie King

Marketing Manager

January 31, 2017 Dental Billing 2 min read

Catastrophic weather events can compromise PHI and we never want to be in a situation where we lose valuable information and jeopardize our patients health concerns.

  • Power outages are common in bad storms. If you are going to close the office and want to have access to some of your patients’ information for returning calls, phoning in medications or following up with your patients after some surgeries, I would recommend you using Dentrix Mobile. When you use Dentrix Mobile, you have the opportunity to remote in using a mobile device and having access to some of your patients’ critical information.
  • Make sure an authorized team member has access to the backup of all the patient data in case of flooding or destruction of the practice. The backup of the data might be on an external hard drive or in an online secure backup system. Dentrix has the option of using eBackup to store your patients’ information securely and safely. This would give your practice a good option to access patient data in case of an emergency.
  • Make sure you have your Business Associate Agreements in place with your outside contractors. What if you are working with a consultant, accountant, attorney or computer company who has access to your patients’ information and they are the ones who are affected by the storm which jeopardizes the confidentiality of your patients’ information?

 

You can never do too much to prepare for a disaster and you have an obligation to protect your patients’ health information. It is not something you want to take lightly. We should be prepared for anything or you might say be prepared for the worst case scenario.

eAssist Helpful News and Billing Tips; Edition #108

Jamie King

By Jamie King

Marketing Manager

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