Dental

By Dan Gospe For dentists, HIPAA compliance is often overlooked.  HIPAA is a broad law, meant to cover all practices from the small, 2-operatory practice, to the large hospital-level enterprise.  Although you may not have the same breadth of patient

By James Morris Augmented reality (AR) is being used to pioneer new ways to teach students dentistry and is changing the way dentists interact with their patient’s teeth. ABC News reports that the University of Western Australia is testing how AR glasses

This month, the FTC has levied a fine against Henry Schein, Inc, for misleading claims about Dentrix G5 encryption. The issue cited by the FTC involved marketing on the Dentrix G5 brochure, claiming that HIPAA and NIST compliant encryption was in

One of the largest threats to any dental practice is the possible breach of patient information. Since so much is at stake by the types of data stored in these practices, HIPAA and HITECH laws demand that specific security measures

By Dan Gospe Disruptions and disasters occur more often than many dentists may think.  Even though many dental practices may not consider power outages to be serious concerns, a recent survey by power management firm Eaton Electrical revealed that 37%

By Dan Gospe HIPAA Compliant Remote Access from Anywhere With so many options for remote access on the market, accessing your dental office remotely has never been easier.  Here are some things to keep in mind for your remote access

By Dan Gospe More and more, IT providers are becoming educated and compliant with HIPAA in order to properly serve medical and dental practices across the US. Data security compliance is a large beast to tackle, and as such, many

Is Your Softdent Slow after Upgrading Your PCs? Many people who have recently upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7 are experiencing a slowdown, especially when using Softdent or some versions of Dentrix. Windows 7 brought with it many alterations

Dentrix G5 Antivirus and Firewall Settings Dentrix G5 provides many improvements over G4, such as Dentrix Mobile, SQL database management, and overall ease of use. However, their restructured database and increased network activity calls for a complete reconfiguration of your

Building a server-workstation environment in any small business is no small task. While it is possible to “do it yourself” and find some initial savings, utilizing a Value Added Reseller like dmi Networking is worth more than what is on